Juliette Servante
Episiotomy and Initiation of Human Milk Feeds: A Retrospective Observational Study
Servante, Juliette; Abramson, Janine; Walker, Kate F.; Ojha, Shalini
Authors
JANINE ABRAMSON JANINE.ABRAMSON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Research Nurse
KATE WALKER Kate.Walker@nottingham.ac.uk
Clinical Professor
SHALINI OJHA Shalini.Ojha@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Neonatal Medicine
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the association, in the United Kingdom, between having an episiotomy during childbirth and giving human milk by any modality as an infant's first feed. We also identified maternal demographic factors and perinatal experiences associated with increased chance of the infant's first feed being human milk.
Study Design: Retrospective observational cohort study at two large maternity units within district general hospitals in the United Kingdom.
Population: Mothers giving birth vaginally to singleton babies at ≥34 weeks and ≥1,800 g.
Methods and Main Outcome Measures: Deidentified data from hospital records were analyzed. The odds ratio (OR) of a mother giving human milk for an infant's first feed after episiotomy versus no episiotomy was calculated using a chi-squared test. Logistic regression was used to investigate and then control for confounders known to affect breastfeeding.
Results: A total of 13,906 women met the inclusion criteria (2,113 had had an episiotomy and 11,793 had not). Human milk was given as a first feed to 70% of infants in the study population. Women whose infants received their first feed as human milk were on average older, had lower body mass index, lived in an area of less socioeconomic deprivation, and had fewer previous births than those women who gave formula milk as the first feed to their infant. The occurrence of an episiotomy during delivery was not associated with a change in the odds of the infant receiving human milk for the first feed (OR: 1.12 [confidence interval, CI: 0.96-1.38]). Where a woman had skin-to-skin care with her infant straight after birth, the infant was more likely to receive human milk as a first feed (OR: 4.23 [CI: 3.59-4.98]).
Conclusion: There is no link between episiotomy during delivery and the odds of a woman giving human milk as the first feed to her infant.
Citation
Servante, J., Abramson, J., Walker, K. F., & Ojha, S. (2021). Episiotomy and Initiation of Human Milk Feeds: A Retrospective Observational Study. Breastfeeding Medicine, 16(5), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2020.0071
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 12, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | May 14, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-05 |
Deposit Date | Jun 7, 2023 |
Journal | Breastfeeding Medicine |
Print ISSN | 1556-8253 |
Electronic ISSN | 1556-8342 |
Publisher | Mary Ann Liebert |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 407-413 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2020.0071 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/20287118 |
Publisher URL | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/bfm.2020.0071 |
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