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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Birth. 2017 Nov 17;45(2):178–183. doi: 10.1111/birt.12323

Table 1.

Change to Intended Duration of Breastfeeding Between the Prenatal and Neonatal Reports, IFPS II, 2005–2007 (N = 1,780)

n (%)

No change 778 (43.7)
Neonatal intention shorter than prenatal, by: 623 (35.0)
 1 to 2 months 277 (44.5)
 3 to 4 months 169 (27.1)
 >5 months 177 (28.4)
Neonatal intention longer than prenatal, by: 379 (21.3)
 1 to 2 months 189 (49.9)
 3 to 4 months 93 (24.5)
 >5 months 97 (25.6)

Note. IFPS II refers to the Infant Feeding Practices Study II.