Exclusive Breast-Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive Mothers in Governmental Health Facilities, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Infant feeding practice of HIV-positive mothers with a child below 18 months of age, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage (95% CI)
Ever breastfed	Yes	207	99
	No	2	1
Still breastfeeding	Yes	151	72.9
	No	56	27.1
Age at breastfeeding cessation	Early cessation	18	32.1
	Timely cessation	38	67.9
Reason for early cessation of breastfeeding (more than one answer is possible)	To encourage the child to take other food items	4	22.2
	Fear of MTCT of HIV	8	44.4
	Advised by a health professional	8	44.4
Initiation of breastfeeding	Timely initiated	147	71
	Late initiation	60	29
Colostrum feeding	Yes	192	92.8
	No	15	7.2
Prelacteal feeding	Yes	14	6.8
	No	193	93.2
Mixed feeding	Yes	38	18.4 (13.5–23.7)
	No	169	81.6
Complimentary feeding	Yes	143	68.4
	No	66	31.6
Age at complementary feeding	5 month or below	25	17.5
	6th month	97	67.8
	7 months or above	21	14.7
Lifelong exclusive breastfeeding	Yes	169	81.6 (75.8–86.5)
	No	38	18.4

Calculated among all 209 participants, calculated among 207 participants who ever breastfed; MTCT: mother-to-child transmission.