Table 4 Items/interventions facilitating and inhibiting breastfeeding according to mothers’ opinions
From: Maternal views on facilitators of and barriers to breastfeeding preterm infants
% of mothers that responded to the open-ended questions (n = 37) | |
|---|---|
Items/Interventions Facilitating Breastfeeding | |
Breastfeeding support by health care professionals | 40% |
Being close to my infant, opportunity for implementing skin-to-skin contact | 18% |
Breast pump available | 12% |
Breastfeeding peer support | 9% |
Being informed on how to position the infant at the breast and how to recognize signs of hunger in my infant | 9% |
Being informed on how to treat plugged ducts or mastitis | 9% |
Items/Intervention Inhibiting Breastfeeding | |
Prematurity and/or low birth weight and/or presence of comorbidity | 39% |
Maternal stress and anxiety regarding infant’s clinical condition | 18% |
Pain and difficulty during milk pumping | 16% |
Lack of breastfeeding support by health care professionals | 6% |
Having multiples | 5% |