Table 5 Experience of breastfeeding
From: A comparative study of autistic and non-autistic women’s experience of motherhood
Autistic | Non-autistic | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Attempted to breastfeed their 1st child | |||
N | 355 | 132 | 0.712 |
Yes | 314 (88%) | 119 (90%) | |
No | 41 (12%) | 13 (10%) | |
Attempted to breastfeed their 2nd child | |||
N | 268 | 107 | 0.536 |
Yes | 219 (82%) | 91 (85%) | |
No | 49 (18%) | 16 (15%) | |
Had low milk supply for 1st child | |||
N | 310 | 119 | 0.155 |
Agree | 115 (37%) | 42 (35%) | |
Disagree | 195 (63%) | 77 (65%) | |
Had low milk supply for 2nd child | |||
N | 218 | 91 | 0.155 |
Agree | 67 (31%) | 20 (22%) | |
Disagree | 151 (69%) | 71 (78%) | |
Did not have difficulties breastfeeding their 1st child | |||
N | 306 | 118 | 0.375 |
Agree | 111 (36%) | 49 (42%) | |
Disagree | 195 (64%) | 69 (58%) | |
Did not have difficulties breastfeeding their 2nd child | |||
N | 217 | 89 | 0.026 |
Agree | 107 (49%) | 57 (64%) | |
Disagree | 110 (51%) | 32 (36%) | |