Research Article
Exclusive Breastfeeding and Associated Factors among Mothers with Twins in the Tamale Metropolis
Table 2
Breastfeeding information of mother-children pair (
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| Variable | Frequency | (%) |
| Place of delivery | Facility based | 157 | 85.0 | Home | 28 | 15.0 |
| Delivery type | | | Vaginal delivery | 70 | 38.0 | Caesarean section | 115 | 62.0 |
| Parity | Primaparous | 91 | 49.0 | Multiparous | 94 | 51.0 |
| Initiation of breastfeeding | <30 mins | 6 | 3.0 | 30–1 hr | 39 | 21.0 | 1–24 hrs | 78 | 42.0 | >1 day | 63 | 34.0 |
| Perceived onset of lactation | 1 day | 28 | 15.0 | 2 days | 87 | 47.0 | 3 days | 59 | 32.0 | >3 days | 7 | 6.0 |
| Breastfeeding counselling | Yes | 85 | 46.0 | No | 100 | 54.0 |
| Decision to EBF after delivery | Yes | 105 | 57.0 | No | 80 | 43.0 |
| Frequency of EBF daily | <8times | 26 | 14.0 | 8–12times | 102 | 55.0 | >12times | 57 | 31.0 |
| Confident of producing enough milk | Yes | 74 | 40.0 | No | 111 | 60.0 |
| Practice of exclusive breastfeeding | Yes | 31 | 17.0 | No | 154 | 83.0 |
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EXB: exclusive breastfeeding.
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