Rev. Soc. Bras. Enferm. Ped.2018;18(2):90-5.

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Prevalence and breastfeeding type among high-risk pregnancy women

Aline Silva de

Andrade

, Karla Oliveira

Marcacine

, Ana Cristina Freitas de Vilhena

Abrão

, Kelly Pereira

Coca

DOI: 10.31508/1676-3793201800014

Abstract

Aim

To identify the prevalence and the type of breastfeeding practiced in the first and fourth month after delivery by women who presented a high-risk pregnancy.

Methods

Prospective cohort with secondary data performed in an outpatient breastfeeding, São Paulo. The sample was composed of medical records of women and their children attended between 2004 and 2016. The presence of maternal illness was considered independent from the time of diagnosis, before or during pregnancy, and the type of BF practiced was identified at the 1^st and 4^th month postpartum.

Results

1,607 examined medical records, 27% of women had some kind of disease while they were pregnant. The prevalence of the exclusive breastfeeding was about 78% in the first and 63% in the fourth month postpartum, and the type of breastfeeding practice was similar in both groups at the 1^st (p = 0.69) and 4^th month (p = 0.19) postpartum.

Conclusion

The presence of illness in pregnancy did not change exclusive breastfeeding rate in the population studied.