The Effect of Mental Status of Mothers Aged 18-49 Years on Attitude to Breastfeeding

Aim: Another issue that is as important as breast milk and breastfeeding today is the mental health of
postpartum mothers. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of postpartum depression and anxiety
levels of puerperant women aged 18-49 on breastfeeding attitude s.
Patients and Methods: This study was conducted with 243 participants over the age of 18, who did
not have any psychiatric disease before or during pregnancy, who applied for puerperal and newborn
vaccination between February 1, 2021 and August 1, 2021, registered to the central family health centers.
Results: It was observed that women's education, necessity of breast milk, breastfeeding knowledge
level and breastfeeding duration affected their breastfeeding attitude levels. When we examined the
breastfeeding attitudes according to the weeks of birth, it was seen that the breastfeeding attitudes of
the participants who gave birth before 32 weeks were at a higher level than those who gave birth at 36
weeks or more (p=0.001).
Conclusion: It is evaluated in terms of the state of the optimizable how it affects the views according to
the results. In the field of education, which receives support in state anxiety and postpartum appearance,
it can be played that the body will affect the mother and baby positively, regarding the communication in
this regard, for better general appearance.