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Characteristics of mothers, babies and deliveries |
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| Characteristics |
Number |
% |
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| Mother's age (years) |
n = 318 |
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| 18–24 |
43 |
13.5 |
| 25–29 |
123 |
38.7 |
| 30–34 |
106 |
33.3 |
| 35–41 |
46 |
14.5 |
| Baby's gender |
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| Male |
155 |
48.7 |
| Female |
163 |
51.3 |
| Parity |
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| First |
146 |
45.9 |
| Second |
138 |
43.4 |
| Third or more |
34 |
10.7 |
| Gestational age (weeks) |
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| 36 or less |
21 |
6.6 |
| 37 or more |
297 |
93.4 |
| Method of delivery |
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| Non-caesarean section |
263 |
82.7 |
| Caesarean section |
55 |
17.3 |
| Bleeding at delivery |
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| Less than 500 ml |
213 |
67.0 |
| 500 ml or more |
85 |
26.7 |
| Unknown |
20 |
6.3 |
| Early skin-to-skin contact |
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| Contact |
64 |
20.1 |
| No contact |
245 |
77.0 |
| Unknown |
9 |
2.8 |
| Supplementation (sugar water or infant formula) |
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| Supplemented |
116 |
36.5 |
| Non supplemented |
133 |
41.8 |
| Unknown |
69 |
21.7 |
| Time to first breastfeed after birth |
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| 30 minutes or less |
115 |
36.2 |
| 31–120 minutes |
66 |
20.8 |
| 121 minutes to 24 hours |
74 |
23.3 |
| More than 24 hours |
63 |
19.8 |
Nakao et al. International Breastfeeding Journal 2008 3:1 doi:10.1186/1746-4358-3-1 |
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