TABLE 2
Reasons Pediatricians Recommend Mothers of Full-term Infants to Not Breastfeed or to Discontinue Breastfeeding (% Respondents)


Mother is HIV-infected or a drug abuser 91
Medications taken by mother may be harmful to infant 90
Mother opposes breastfeeding 58
Mother has breast infection (mastitis) 23
Mother has nipple problems 20
Mothers' milk supply seems inadequate 19
Infant's slow weight gain 17
Poor health of baby 13
Jaundiced infant 8
Mother is too young or immature 7
Mother has cracked nipples 6
Other* <5

* Inconvenience/time demands of breastfeeding, mother is employed outside of home, father's desire to participate in feedings, baby is teething, respondents' personal views towards breastfeeding.