OBJECTIVE: To measure the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and 24-hour rooming-in for low-risk primiparous women with uncomplicated vaginal births at term. DESIGN: Descriptive correlational design with a qualitative component. SETTING: The Labor & Delivery and Mother/Baby units of a community hospital with more than 2,300 births annually. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 89 women. INTERVENTION/MEASUREMENTS: Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale, which measures attitudes toward breastfeeding, and a four-item questionnaire at 2, 6, and 12 weeks postpartum to assess breastfeeding status. RESULTS: Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale scores suggest that most of the sample had positive attitudes toward breastfeeding. The average separation time for women and newborns was 3 hours 40 minutes. No statistically significant differences were found regarding maternal attitudes toward breastfeeding or mother-newborn separation during the postpartum period between newborns who were exclusively breastfeeding or formula-feeding at 12 weeks. CONCLUSION: Success with exclusive breastfeeding in the immediate postpartum period is not necessarily dependent on 24-hour rooming in, and it is important for women to have the ability to make informed choices regarding newborn separation in the hospital.
OBJECTIVE: To measure the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and 24-hour rooming-in for low-risk primiparous women with uncomplicated vaginal births at term. DESIGN: Descriptive correlational design with a qualitative component. SETTING: The Labor & Delivery and Mother/Baby units of a community hospital with more than 2,300 births annually. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 89 women. INTERVENTION/MEASUREMENTS: Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale, which measures attitudes toward breastfeeding, and a four-item questionnaire at 2, 6, and 12 weeks postpartum to assess breastfeeding status. RESULTS: Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale scores suggest that most of the sample had positive attitudes toward breastfeeding. The average separation time for women and newborns was 3 hours 40 minutes. No statistically significant differences were found regarding maternal attitudes toward breastfeeding or mother-newborn separation during the postpartum period between newborns who were exclusively breastfeeding or formula-feeding at 12 weeks. CONCLUSION: Success with exclusive breastfeeding in the immediate postpartum period is not necessarily dependent on 24-hour rooming in, and it is important for women to have the ability to make informed choices regarding newborn separation in the hospital.
Authors: Rosalia Ragusa; Marina Marranzano; Valentina Lucia La Rosa; Gabriele Giorgianni; Elena Commodari; Rosalba Quattrocchi; Salvatore Cacciola; Vincenzo Guardabasso Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-04-30 Impact factor: 3.390