title: [Exclusive breastfeeding among working women with free daycare available at workplace].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate factors related to the decision of exclusive breastfeeding, and the planned and the actual duration among working women with free daycare available at workplace.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative study was conducted comparing a group of 15 women exclusively breastfeeding their babies with a similar group of women whose babies were already being fed with other food besides maternal milk at the time they started attending a daycare center. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were carried out for data collection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The factors related to the decision of breastfeeding and maintaining it when women went back to work were: the desire to breastfeed based on the importance women of both groups as well as their husbands and significant others attributed to it. The duration of exclusive breastfeeding was mainly associated to the baby's pediatrician counseling, which differed in each group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The availability of free daycare center at the work place seems an important aspect to breastfeeding maintenance after women go back to work, especially regarding exclusive breastfeeding. The duration of exclusive breastfeeding was related to the information received before and during pregnancy, and also in the postpartum. Women who have exclusively breastfed for almost six months believed the longer they breastfeed the better to their babies' health, while other women believed that three months of exclusive breastfeeding would be enough.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisas Materno-Infantis de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil. mjosis@cemicamp.org.br
authors.forename: Maria José Duarte
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Osis
authors.forename: Graciana Alves
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Karla Simônia de
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Pádua
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Lucila E Moreira
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Sandoval
authors.forename: Silvana Ferreira
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Bento
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors; D014931:Women, Working