Effect of Timing of Epidural Anesthesia on Breast-feeding.
Outcome | Epidural Within 2 Hours of Birth | Epidural Within 4 Hours of Birth | Epidural Within 6 Hours of Birth | ||||||
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OR | P Value* | 95% CI† | OR | P Value* | 95% CI† | OR | P Value* | 95% CI† | |
Two breast-feedings within 24 h (total LATCH score = 7, latch score = 2/2) | 0.86 | .754 | 0.30–2.52 | 0.91 | .815 | 0.38–2.19 | 1.26 | .611 | 0.46–3.41 |
Two breast-feedings within 24 h (total LATCH score = 7) | 0.88 | .779 | 0.26–3.19 | 1.14 | .784 | 0.40–3.21 | 1.48 | .446 | 0.47–4.59 |
OR—odds ration, CI—confidence interval.
* Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test.
† Cornfield’s method 95% confidence interval.