Do Maternal Quality of Life and Breastfeeding Difficulties Influence the Continuation of Exclusive Breastfeeding?

Table 2

Frequency of different breastfeeding practices.

Breastfeeding methods	2 months postpartum	4 months postpartum	6 months postpartum
Exclusive breastfeeding†	100 (28.8%)	80 (23.0%)	41 (11.8%)
Predominant breastfeeding‡	211 (60.8%)	218 (62.8%)	97 (28%)
Partial feeding𝛿	34 (9.8%)	33 (9.5%)	40 (11.5%)
Complementary feeding§	—	11 (3.2%)	159 (45.8%)
Formula feeding	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	10 (2.9%)

†Breast milk; ‡breast milk and water based fluid; 𝛿breast milk and nonhuman milk or formula; §breast milk and any solid or semisolid foods or liquid.