. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 29.

Published in final edited form as: Infant Ment Health J. 2012 Sep 25;34(2):104–116. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21359

TABLE 2.

Parental Characteristics of Mothers and Fathers

	Mothers				Fathers
	First-Time Parent		Veteran Parent		First-Time Parent	Veteran Parent
n	18		13		15	13

Older Child(ren) M (SD)	–		1.3 (.63)		–	1.3 (.63)
Child Sex M:F	8:10		6:7		6:9	6:7
C-section n(%)	10 (56%)		1 (7.7%)
Breastfeeding^a n (%)	Time 1	Time 2	Time 1	Time 2
Exclusively	12 (67%)	4 (24%)	7 (54%)	3 (25%)
Sometimes	5 (28%)	11 (65%)	3 (23%)	4 (33%)
Never	1 (6%)	1 (6%)	2 (15%)	2 (17%)

Note. Time 1 = 2–4 weeks postpartum, Time 2 = 3–4 months’ postpartum.

Missing data: First-time parent at Time 1 (2–4 weeks’ postpartum) (n = 1), at Time 2 (3–4 months’ postpartum) (n = 1); Veteran parent at Time 1 (n = 1), at Time 2 (n = 1).