FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRACTICES OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AMONG PAROPAKAR MATERNITY AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, THAPATHALI, KATHMANDU NEPAL

Abstract

Breastfeeding is a special gift from a mother to her baby. If
mother is successful in breast feeding during first few days of her baby’s
life, she is more likely to be successful during the rest of their breastfeeding
time. The main aim of this study was to compare the practice of exclusive
breastfeeding after normal delivery and cesarean delivery. This study also
identified the initiation of breastfeeding within an hour, skin to skin contact
between the mother and infant after the delivery and factors influencing for
breastfeeding. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to
collect the data from 300 samples. The total sample was divided into half
which is 150 for each of the normal and cesarean deliveries. Inclusive
criteria included of 20 to 30 years with the primiparous deliveries visiting
the respective hospital for the different purpose were included. A selfadministered questionnaire was verbally asked to each of the participants
while collecting the data. The mode of delivery is significant with both
initiation of breastfeeding within an hour (p < 0.01, chi square= 134.2) and
skin to skin contact between mother and infant after delivery (p < 0.01, chi
square= 185.9). From this study the perspective of the entire participants
towards the breastfeeding is found to be on optimistic. ND is able to initiate
the breastfeeding within an hour and can have skin to skin contact as soon
as the delivery