Attitudes and Barriers to Breastfeeding among Mothers in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Distribution of the study group by barriers to breastfeeding (n = 400).

#	Barrier	n (%)
1	Sick	252 (63.0)
2	Work	186 (46.5)
3	Tired	174 (43.5)
4	Taking contraceptives	165 (41.2)
5	Disease could transfer to the baby through breastfeeding	164 (41.0)
6	Too busy to breastfeed the baby	163 (40.8)
7	Embarrassed from lactation in public places	156 (39.0)
8	Perception of insufficient milk production	129 (32.2)
9	Pain presents an obstacle to breastfeeding	122 (30.5)
10	Depressed because my child refused breastfeeding	114 (28.5)
11	Poor prenatal and postpartum support	105 (26.2)
12	Unpleasant odor in the nursing mom	81 (20.2)
13	Housekeeper availability encourages me to provide bottle-feeding	79 (19.8)
14	I don’t have enough knowledge	67 (16.8)
15	Fear of distorted breast shape by breastfeeding	61 (15.2)
16	Father does not encourage breastfeeding	59 (14.8)