Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Participants (N = 72).

Characteristic	n (%)
Older children at home	43 (59.7)
Care after delivery:
Maternity ward	52 (72.2)
At home after “early discharge”	20 (27.8)
Previous human milk donor	11 (15.3)

Note. Care after delivery = the participant was cared for after the birth of her child. Early discharge = the participant and infant left the hospital 6–24 hr after birth, continuing maternity care at home with home visits by a midwife and a follow-up visit at the hospital when the infant was about 72 hr old.