Table 2. Antenatal feeding intention versus actual practice in the first week of life.
| HIV status | Antenatal feeding intentiona | Exclusive breastfeeding |
Replacement feeding |
Mixed feed |
Some missing data |
Switched from breastfeeding to replacement feeding |
Switched from replacement feeding to breastfeeding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)b | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| HIV positive (n = 1253) | Exclusive breastfeeding (n = 911) | 707 (78%) | 33 (3.6%) | 98 (10.7%) | 59 (6.5%) | 11 (1%) | 3 |
| Replacement feeding (n = 113) | 35 (3%) | 47 (41%) | 14 (12%) | 12c (10%) | 4 | 1 | |
| Mixed feed (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Undecided (n = 228) | 121 (53%) | 21 (9%) | 57 (25%) | 25 (11%) | 2 | 2 | |
| HIV negative (n = 1238) | Exclusive breastfeeding (n = 1021) | 765 (75%) | 5 (0.5%) | 142 (4%) | 106 (10%) | 1 | 2 |
| Replacement feeding (n = 21) | 8 (38%) | 1 (5%) | 5 (24%) | 4 (19%) | 2 (9%) | 1 (5%) | |
| Mixed feed (n = 3) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Undecided (n = 193) | 128 (66%) | 5 (2.5%) | 34 (18%) | 24 (12.5%) | 2 (1%) | 0 |
a P = 0.001 comparing antenatal feeding intentions of HIV-positive and HIV-negative women. b P = 0.001 comparing women who intended to exclusively breastfeed and adhered to this postnatally between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women. c Including 1 baby on intravenous fluids.