Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.47. Percent of mothers indicating each method of feeding their baby breast milk while they were working by infant age1,2, among mothers who worked for pay while breastfeeding

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

Methods of feeding babies breast milk while working Month 2 Month 5 Month 7
I keep my baby with me while I work and breastfeed during my work day 38.1 26.4 28.2
I go to my baby and breastfeed him or her during my work day 7.7 8.9 10.2
My baby is brought to me to breastfeed during my work day 2.9 2.9 3.3
I pump milk during my work day and save it for my baby to drink later 51.3 58.0 50.8
I pump milk during my work day, but I do not save it for my baby to drink later 0.7 0.8 1.1
I neither pump milk nor breastfeed during my work day 12.0 14.1 17.7
N 417 481 362

1Table is based on variables: M2D11A-F, M5D10A-F, M7D10A-F
2Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply