Comparative Study between the Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding After Normal Delivery and Cesarean Delivery in Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Thapathali, Kathmandu Nepal

Abstract

Breastfeeding is a special gift from a mother to her baby. If mother is successful in breast feeding during first few days of her baby’s life, she is more likely to be successful during the rest of their breastfeeding time. The main aim of this study was to compare the practice of exclusive breastfeeding after normal delivery and cesarean delivery. This study also identified the initiation of breastfeeding within an hour, skin to skin contact between the mother and infant after the delivery and factors influencing for breastfeeding. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to collect the data from 300 samples. The total sample was divided into half which is 150 for each of the normal and cesarean deliveries. Inclusive criteria included of 20 to 30 years with the primiparous deliveries visiting the respective hospital for the different purpose were included. A self-administered questionnaire was verbally asked to each of the participants while collecting the data. The mode of delivery is significant with both initiation of breastfeeding within an hour (p < 0.01, chi square= 134.2) and skin to skin contact between mother and infant after delivery (p < 0.01, chi square= 185.9). From this study the perspective of the entire participants towards the breastfeeding is found to be on optimistic. ND is able to initiate the breastfeeding within an hour and can have skin to skin contact as soon as the delivery.