Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate fa sting behavior of women who had a baby younger than six months old having exclusive breastfeeding. Material ...
HealthMED - Volume 8 / Number 1 / 2014
Fasting behavior of breastfeeding mothers in Ramadan Sevgi O zsoy1, F iliz A d a n a 1, H ale Uyar H azar 2 1 N ursing Departm ent, Aydin School o f Health, A dnan M enderes University, Aydin, Turkey, 2 M idw ifery Departm ent, Aydin School o f Health, A dnan M enderes University, Aydin, Turkey.
Introduction
Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate fa sting behavior of women who had a baby younger than six months old having exclusive breastfeeding. Material and Methods: This study is descrip tive and cross-sectional. The study sample in cluded 101 mothers (age 26.9±4.9 years) who had babies younger than six months old and having exclusive breastfeeding. Data were collected with a form developed by the investigator. Results: Almost all of the mothers (90.1%) noted that they had fasted in previous Ramadans and near ly 50% of the mothers also reported that they fasted in Ramadan in 2010 when they were breastfeeding. However, the rate of the mothers worrying that their breast milk production could be affected by fasting was quite high (91%). Age of babies, having the first child and beliefs that a woman can breastfeed whi le fasting were found to be significantly effective in mothers’ fasting behavior (p
