Table 1 Breastfeeding status at five weeks and at five months of age
5 weeks of age | Fully breastfed (n = 78) | Partly breastfed (n = 16) | Not breastfed at all (n = 34) | Unknown (n = 3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Boys | 42 | 6 | 22 | 2 |
Girls | 36 | 10 | 12 | 1 | |
Maturity | Premature | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Term | 73 | 16 | 33 | 3 | |
Neonatal hypoglycemia | Yes | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
No | 67 | 16 | 26 | 3 | |
Birth weight | SGA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
AGA | 74 | 14 | 28 | 3 | |
LGA | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Delivery mode | Vaginal | 59 | 14 | 19 | 3 |
Prelabour Cs | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Emergency Cs | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
Maternal smoking | Yes | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
No | 74 | 14 | 26 | 3 | |
Maternal BMI | <25 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
25–30 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
≥30 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | |
5 months of age | Fully breastfed (n = 23) | Partly breastfed (n = 34) | Not breastfed at all (n = 68) | Unknown (n = 6) | |
Sex | Boys | 11 | 16 | 41 | 4 |
Girls | 12 | 18 | 27 | 2 | |
Maturity | Premature | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Term | 22 | 32 | 65 | 6 | |
Neonatal hypoglycemia | Yes | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
No | 20 | 31 | 55 | 6 | |
Birth weight | SGA | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
AGA | 22 | 33 | 58 | 6 | |
LGA | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Delivery mode | Vaginal | 14 | 29 | 47 | 5 |
Prelabour Cs | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Emergency Cs | 8 | 5 | 15 | 1 | |
Maternal smoking | Yes | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
No | 23 | 32 | 56 | 6 | |
Maternal BMI | <25 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 1 |
25–30 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | |
>30.0 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 4 |