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. 2017 Jan 1;12(1):28–32. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2016.0142

Table 2.

Human Milk Feeding Behaviors Among Postpartum Women Planning to Provide Human Milk for ≥6 Months (n = 100)

  All women (n = 100) Primiparous (n = 42) Multiparous (n = 58)
  n % n % n %
Intend to feed at the breast
 Yes 100 100 42 100 58 100
 No 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intend to use a breast pump
 Yes 98 98 42 100 56 97
 No 2 2 0 0 2 3
Intended timing of initiation of breast pump usea
 Already started 15 15 13 31 2 4
 Within next few days 13 13 4 10 9 16
 Between next few days and 6 weeks 40 41 14 33 26 46
 After 6 weeks 29 30 11 26 18 32
a

Among women who intended to use breast pump (n = 98).