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Table 3 What women do when faced with having to breastfeed in front of someone they are uncomfortable with

From: Helpful and challenging aspects of breastfeeding in public for women living in Australia, Ireland and Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Themes

Women living in Australia

(N = 1600)

n (%)

Women living in Ireland

(N = 1139)

n (%)

Women living in Sweden

(N = 1348)

n (%)

Made the effort to be discreet

994 (62.1%)

512 (44.9%)

513 (38.1%)

Moved to a private location

454 (28.4%)

291 (25.5%)

272 (20.2%)

Turned away

217 (19.0%)

334 (20.9%)

154 (11.4%)

Just got on with breastfeeding

364 (22.8%)

103 (9.0%)

270 (20.0%)

Never felt uncomfortable breastfeeding in front of others

108 (6.8%)

82 (7.2%)

62 (4.6%)

Not my problem

77 (4.8%)

18 (1.6%)

14 (1.0%)

Flagged their intention to breastfeed

62 (3.9%)

41 (3.5%)

8 (0.6%)

Tried to avoid the situation

57 (3.6%)

34 (2.9%)

44 (3.3%)

Used EBM or infant formula

22 (1.4%)

13 (1.1%)

6 (0.4%)

Had someone supportive with them

13 (0.8%)

7 (0.6%)

5 (0.4%)

  1. Women offered multiple responses so frequencies do not add up to 100%