Table 2 Prenatal visits, general characteristics of the birth and postpartum periods, data from the Mexican National Survey of Demographic Dynamics 2018
Characteristic | Skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth | |
|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |
n (%) | n (%) | |
Number of prenatal visits | ||
None | 24 (0.1) | 8 (0.1) |
1–2 | 211 (1.0) | 94 (1.7) |
3–7 | 5588 (26.7) | 1491 (26.3) |
≥ 8 | 14,868 (71.1) | 3746 (66.1) |
Not specified | 225 (1.1) | 332 (5.9) |
Delivery in a medical unit | ||
Yes | 20,239 (96.8) | 5349 (94.3) |
No | 655 (3.1) | 186 (3.3) |
Not specified | 22 (0.1) | 136 (2.4) |
Type of delivery | ||
Vaginal birth | 12,049 (57.6) | 2106 (37.1) |
Cesarean section | 8867 (42.4) | 3162 (55.7) |
Not specified | 0 (0) | 403 (7.1) |
Receiving an explanation of breastfeeding after delivery | ||
Yes | 18,983 (90.8) | 3419 (60.3) |
No | 1933 (9.2) | 2252 (39.7) |
Ever breastfeed | ||
Yes | 19,772 (94.5) | 4656 (82.1) |
No | 1140 (5.5) | 582 (10.3) |
Unknown | 4 (0) | 433 (7.6) |
Motives for never breastfeed | ||
Never had milk | 476 (41.8) | 171 (29.4) |
Infant rejection | 276 (24.2) | 97 (16.7) |
Maternal illness | 133 (11.7) | 90 (15.5) |
Infant illness | 63 (5.5) | 93 (16.0) |
Doctor recommended the use of formula | 49 (4.3) | 27 (4.6) |
Baby died at the time of birth | 13 (1.1) | 42 (7.2) |
Another reason/unknown | 130 (11.4) | 62 (10.7) |
Initiation of breastfeeding | ||
First hour | 5259 (26.6) | 726 (15.6) |
Second hour-23 h | 12,227 (61.8) | 2414 (51.8) |
Second day | 1078 (5.5) | 452 (9.7) |
Third day | 414 (2.1) | 282 (6.1) |
Fourth day | 287 (1.5) | 241 (5.2) |
From the fifth day onwards | 309 (1.6) | 338 (7.3) |
Unknown | 198 (1.0) | 203 (4.4) |
Duration of breastfeeding | ||
Less than a day | 127 (0.8) | 31 (0.8) |
1–29 days | 901 (5.8) | 242 (6.6) |
1–5 months | 4093 (26.5) | 1063 (29.1) |
6–12 months | 7436 (48.0) | 1611 (44.1) |
13–24 months | 2398 (15.5) | 581 (15.9) |
More than 25 months | 456 (3.0) | 110 (3.0) |
Unknown | 62 (0.4) | 14 (0.4) |