Benefits and problems of single versus simultaneously breastfeeding the twin babies.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037164
- Lead Sponsor
- Geeta Bhardwaj
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Mothers who delivers twins vaginally or by cesarean section after 35 weeks of gestation
Willing to participate in the study
Mothers who stays in hospital for 4 days after delivery
Willing to breastfeed the twins with both the breastfeeding technique( single and tandem)
Mothers who practice exclusive breastfeeding
Newborns with good sucking reflex.
Mothers babies with uncoordinated sucking and swallowing reflex (preterm babies less than 35 weeks, low birth babies below 1.8kg with poor sucking reflexes)
Mothers who have ill babies.( on phototherapy for long duration, congenital disease admitted in NICU, one baby in NICU )
Twins on feed other than breastmilk (formula feed, cowâ??s milk)
Mother unable to breastfeed due to illness.(Poor general condition, psychiatric illness)
Maternal Infectious Disease(Cytomegalovirus ,Herpes, HIV , Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 or 2 infection, Tuberculosis , Hepatitis B, C)
Mother on drugs-(Bromocriptine, Antineoplastic agents, immunosuppressant, Ergotamine, Lithium, Drugs of abuse, Chemotherapy agents, Primaquine and Quinine, Metronidazole, Sulfa drugs, Radioactive isotope.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in breastfeeding fatigue satisfaction and self efficacy level with single versus tandem breastfeeding techniques among mothers of twin babiesTimepoint: At baseline during hospitalization before discharge <br/ ><br>2 weeks 3 week and 4 week after hospital discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mothers face various barriers while breastfeeding with single and tandem breastfeeding techniques. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Mothers will be more satisfied will have high self Efficacy and less fatigue in any of the breastfeeding techniquesTimepoint: At time point 3weeks after hospital discharge and 4weeks after hospital discharge