Intention to Breastfeed and Paternal Influence on Pregnant Mothers Exclusively Using Marijuana Compared with Other Substances.

Objective: To determine intention to breastfeed (ITBF) rates among mothers exclusively using marijuana (eMJ) compared with electronic cigarettes (eEcig), tobacco products (eTob), or multisubstances (MS), nonusers (NU), and the influence of paternal presence and paternal substance use. Study Design: Cross-sectional study of parental survey responses merged with electronic birth certificates. Accounting for clinical and social determinants of health, analyses of ITBF included (1) all mothers, (2) single mothers, and (3) mothers with fathers. Results: Among all mothers (n = 1,073), eMJ, eTob, and MS users had lower odds of ITBF compared with NU. Only eMJ users had lower odds of ITBF for those without paternal presence. However, in those mothers with a paternal presence, odds of ITBF were similar to NU for eMJ, eTob, and MS users when accounting for paternal factors, including paternal substance use. Conclusion: Women exclusively using MJ have lower ITBF compared with NU. However, paternal presence mitigated this effect, independent of parental MJ use. The presence of fathers may represent a unique predictor for increased ITBF in MJ using mothers.

Citation

Nilima Jawale, Shetal Shah, Dilani Wanasinghe, Allison Pool, Clare Giblin, Kriti Damodaran, Amruta Bamanikar, Heather L Brumberg. Intention to Breastfeed and Paternal Influence on Pregnant Mothers Exclusively Using Marijuana Compared with Other Substances. Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. 2022 Nov;17(11):932-939

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PMID: 36251452

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