Distribution of studied women according to breast feeding initiation and obstetric history.

Table 2: Distribution of studied women according to breast feeding initiation and obstetric history.

	Initiate bf	Didn't initiate bf	*Totals*	P value	χ²^*
Fertility
Fertile	78 (80.43) [0.07]	38 (35.57) [0.17]	116	0.304741	1.0533^*
Infertile	26 (23.57) [0.25]	8 (10.43) [0.56]	34
Totals	104	46	150
Parity
Para 1	29 (29.12) [0.00]	13 (12.88) [0.00]	42	0.102579	4.5543
Para 2-3	38 (42.99) [0.58]	24 (19.01) [1.31]	62
Para 4 & more	37 (31.89) [0.82]	9 (14.11) [1.85]	46
Total	104	46	150
Mode of delivery
Vaginal	22 (22.88) [0.03]	11 (10.12) [0.08]	33	0.870965	0.0264
C-section	82 (81.12) [0.01]	35 (35.88) [0.02]	117
Totals	104	46	150
Gestational age
Preterm	92 (85.28) [0.53]	31 (37.72) [1.20]	123	0.000681	14.5849^*
Post term	6 (5.55) [0.04]	2 (2.45) [0.08]	8
Preterm	92 (85.28) [0.53]	31 (37.72) [1.20]	123
Total	104	46	150
Newborn sex
Male	58 (57.55) [0]	25 (25.45) [0.01]	83	0.871726	0.0261
Female	46 (46.45) [0]	21 (20.55) [0.01]	67
Totals	104	46	150
Gestational age
Small for date	10 (13.17) [0.76]	9 (5.83) [1.73]	19	0.191441	3.3063
Normal	93 (89.44) [0.14]	36 (39.56) [0.32]	129
Large for date	1 (1.39) [0.11]	1 (0.61) [0.24]	2
Total	104	46	150
Spacing
No spacing	57 (58.24) [0.03]	27 (25.76) [0.06]	84	0.658247	0.1957
Spacing	47 (45.76) [0.03]	19 (20.24) [0.08]	66
Totals	104	46	150
Newborn complications
No complication	96 (91.52) [0.22]	36 (40.48) [0.50]	132	0.005482	12.6408^*
Neonatal jaundice	6 (5.55) [0.04]	2 (2.45) [0.08]	8
Resp. distress	1 (4.85) [3.06]	6 (2.15) [6.92]	7
Others	1 (2.08) [0.56]	2 (0.92) [1.27]	3
Totals	104	46	150
Maternal complications
No complications	57 (49.23) [1.23]	14 (21.77) [2.78]	71	0.005837	7.6^*
Complications	47 (54.77) [1.1]	32 (24.23) [2.49]	79
Totals	104	46	150