Özsoy Sevgi, Aksu Hilmiye, Akdolun Balkaya Nevin, Demirsoy Horta Gözde
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Adnan Menderes University , Aydın, Turkey .
2 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University , Muğla, Turkey .
Breastfeed Med. 2018 Jan/Feb;13(1):70-74. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2017.0046. Epub 2017 Nov 13.
This study was performed to investigate mothers' opinions and knowledge about the contraceptive feature of breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding is quite beneficial in terms of mother, baby, and public health. Although it has long been known to have a contraceptive effect and although it is common in many countries, women usually do not use it as a contraceptive method.
This is a descriptive study and included 400 mothers in their early postpartum period. Data were collected with a questionnaire at face-to-face interviews within 3 days of giving birth. Obtained data were analyzed with descriptive statistics.
One third of the mothers were primiparous and 66.5% of the mothers had breastfeeding experience. Of these, 38.9% of the mothers said that they received knowledge about the contraceptive effect of breastfeeding and 68.9% of these mothers received this knowledge from a nurse. Seventeen percent of the mothers receiving this knowledge reported that breastfeeding was a contraceptive and 1.8% of the mothers reported that it was sometimes contraceptive. Around 41.3% of the mothers thought that they would be able to use breastfeeding as a contraceptive method. Almost all the mothers wanted to get information about the contraceptive feature of breastfeeding.
As our research shows, four of every five mothers in their early postpartum period turned out to believe that breastfeeding was not contraceptive, although the mothers are very eager and ready for this information. Therefore, it is important that health professionals providing antenatal and postnatal counseling about breastfeeding and contraception should offer women accurate information about this method.
本研究旨在调查母亲们对母乳喂养避孕特性的看法和了解程度。
母乳喂养对母亲、婴儿和公共卫生都非常有益。尽管人们早就知道母乳喂养有避孕效果，而且在许多国家也很普遍，但女性通常并不将其作为一种避孕方法。
这是一项描述性研究，纳入了400名产后早期的母亲。在分娩后3天内通过面对面访谈的方式用问卷收集数据。对获得的数据进行描述性统计分析。
三分之一的母亲是初产妇，66.5%的母亲有母乳喂养经历。其中，38.9%的母亲表示她们了解母乳喂养的避孕效果，这些母亲中有68.9%是从护士那里获得这一知识的。接受这一知识的母亲中，17%表示母乳喂养是一种避孕方法，1.8%的母亲表示它有时有避孕作用。约41.3%的母亲认为她们能够将母乳喂养作为一种避孕方法。几乎所有母亲都希望获得有关母乳喂养避孕特性的信息。
正如我们的研究所显示的，尽管母亲们非常渴望并准备好获取这方面的信息，但五分之四产后早期的母亲结果却认为母乳喂养没有避孕作用。因此，为母亲提供有关母乳喂养和避孕的产前及产后咨询的健康专业人员，应该向女性提供有关这种方法的准确信息，这一点很重要。
