Mothers who return to work on either a part-time or casual basis after their babies are 3 months old may be nearly as likely to stop breastfeeding as mothers who return to work on a full-time basis, findings suggest.
Mothers who return to work on either a part-time or casual basis after their babies are 3 months old may be nearly as likely to stop breastfeeding as mothers who return to work on a full-time basis, findings suggest.
The study, published in the May Acta Paediatrica, examined breastfeeding rates among nearly 3,700 mothers and their 6-month-old babies. The researchers also found that mothers who returned to full-time work when their babies were 3 months old or younger were two times more likely to have stopped breastfeeding by the time their babies were 6 months old, compared with unemployed moms.
Also in comparison with unemployed mothers, those who returned to full-time work when their babies were between 3 and 6 months old were three times more likely to have stopped breastfeeding by the time their babies were 6 months old.
The investigators stated that their findings showed early postnatal unemployment was a significant risk factor for ending breastfeeding early in their study population.
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