… the mother expected to work postpartum, and for the duration … still showed no effect: prenatal
work status, father's education… comfortable nursing around close women friends breastfed …

… ) Hospital experiences Return to work intentions and outcome Breastfeeding difficulties …
Specifically in this study, subsequent antenatal experiences may have influenced the woman's …

… of conception is associated with postpartum maternal behavior including breastfeeding. …
We employed the PRECEDE-PROCEED model in the conceptualization of this study by …

… planned to return to work in the first year postpartum. Prenatal intentions to exclusively
breastfeed varied by all sociodemographic characteristics examined (Table 1). Overall, 59.5% of …

… employment in the early postpartum period is associated with the initiation and continuation
of breast-feeding in a … twice during the first 3 months postpartum. In analyses adjusted for …

… Women (n = 1155) were recruited from antenatal … postpartum. Data collected included
mothers’ demographics; knowledge of breastfeeding and intention to breastfeed; work status; …

… ) and mothers reporting a prenatal intention to breastfeed (OR:… who returned to work within
3 months postpartum (OR:0.456, … For mothers who return to work before 6 months postpartum, …

… the prenatal period and 13-months postpartum (unweighted n = 1,459). Given our interest in
postpartum employment's effect on breastfeeding … and prenatal feeding intentions were not …

… 8 weeks of maternity leave. Hence, we also assessed the breastfeeding intention during
maternity leave, … leave of 6 weeks or less or lasting 6–12 weeks after delivery was associated, …

… and intentions to breastfeed, providing breastfeeding knowledge … duration, while early return
to work at 10 weeks postpartum … hours, maternity leave length and breastfeeding support in …