London, January 28: Despite the general belief, giving birth to a baby through a Cesarean or with the help of instruments does not affect the mother’s ability to breastfeed.
Health officials recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby’s life; many mothers, however, stop breastfeeding due to various excuses.
According to a study published in BMC Pediatrics, the method through which the baby is born does not influence the mother’s ability to breastfeed, suggesting no difference between breastfeeding duration in babies born through natural labor or non-natural techniques.
The study found that there was also a weak association between breastfeeding duration and how early the baby was put to the breast.
Ethnicity and the number of previous births were found as the main factors influencing the rate of breastfeeding. Economic and marital statuses, on the other hand, had the lowest impact on a mother’s tendency to stop nursing.
—-Agencies