Midwifery researchers find teenage, obese and smoking mothers are less likely to breastfeed
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As a young new mother Amanda Franks felt uncomfortable to breastfeed.
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When Amanda Franks had a baby at age 16 at a country hospital, an experience with a midwife put her off breastfeeding her firstborn.
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A La Trobe University study has looked at data from 7,500 women who had a baby at Bendigo Health between 2010 and 2017
Researchers found only 4.2 per cent of teenage mothers went on to breastfeed their infants
Overall, mothers who smoke, are obese, or are in their teenage years are less likely to initiate breastfeeding