Table 2.

Participant breastfeeding experiences and behavior

	N (%)
Overall (N=225)
Intended to breastfeed	168 (75.0%)
Partner wanted her to breastfeed	180 (80.7%)
Ever breastfed your baby	160 (71.1%)
Among participants who ever breastfed (N=160)
Difficulty breastfeeding
Not at all	35 (21.9%)
Somewhat	69 (43.1%)
Very much	56 (35.0%)
During the time you were breastfeeding, baby was fed
Only by breastfeeding	73 (45.6%)
Mostly breastfeeding but with a small amount of formula, juice, water or solid foods	53 (33.1%)
Mostly by formula, juice, water or solid foods with a small amount of breastfeeding	34 (21.3%)
Have stopped breastfeeding	135 (84.4%)
Among those who breastfed their baby, but no longer do (N=135)
Number of weeks stopped breastfeeding	5.2 ± 4.42
	Range: 0 – 20
Difficulty for you to stop breastfeeding
Not at all	93 (68.9%)
Somewhat	35 (25.9%)
Very much	7 (5.2%)
Difficulty for your baby to stop breastfeeding
Not at all	115 (85.2%)
Somewhat	20 (14.8%)
Very much	0
Reasons for stopping breastfeeding
It hurt	47 (34.8%)
Went back to school or work	23 (17.0%)
To get pregnant again	0
Baby did not like/latch on	56 (41.5%)
Just did not like breastfeeding	18 (13.3%)
Worried smoking/diet/meds might hurt baby	10 (7.4%)
Hard for dad to be involved	11 (8.1%)
Other	35 (25.9%)