Table 1.
1) |
Term baby whose gestational age is between 37 weeks, 0 days and 41 weeks, 6 days. |
2) |
Birth weight is between 2,500 g and 3,999 g. |
3) | Exclusion criteria: Newborns were excluded from the survey if they had the following conditions. |
a) Babies treated separately due to reasons including requirement for incubation or admission to NICU. | |
b) Babies given intravenous fluids. | |
c) Babies with problems affecting breastfeeding including cleft palate or hypoglycemia. | |
d) Babies whose mothers had complications influencing breastfeeding ability including major hemorrhage or the intake of medicines where breastfeeding is prohibited. |