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Table 3 Key breastfeeding challenges and parity

From: Breastfeeding self-efficacy of women using second-line strategies for healthy term infants in the first week postpartum: an Australian observational study

Key challenges * (%)

n = 62 (%)

Primipara

Multipara 2, 3, 4

 

Nipple pain

25 (40)

14

11

 

Baby would not settle

25 (40)

13

12

 

Not enough breastmilk or colostrum

23 (37)

16

7

 

Fatigue

23 (37)

14

9

 

Night nursery

16 (26)

9

7

Permission

 

Baby lost 10% or more

15 (24)

9

6

Birth weight

 

Pain associated with

13 (21)

9

4

Birth

 

Baby could not latch

23 (37)

  

Various reasons**

Fatigue (n = 23) (37)

   
 

Mild

4 (17)

3

1

 

Moderate

6 (26)

2

4

 

Strong

7 (30)

5

2

 

Extreme

6 (27)

4

2

Nipple pain (n = 25) (40)***

   
 

Mild

1 (5)

1

0

 

Moderate

4 (20)

3

1

 

Strong

10 (50)

6

4

 

Extreme

5 (25)

3

2

Birth related pain (n = 13) (21)****

   
 

Mild

0 (0)

0

0

 

Moderate

5 (42)

3

2

 

Strong

5 (42)

3

2

 

Extreme

2 (17)

1

1

  1. *respondents could choose more than one.
  2. **engorgement, flat or inverted nipples, sleepy (hypoglycaemia, jaundice), disorganized suck.
  3. ***missing data = 5.
  4. ****missing data = 1.