Mode of delivery: influence on the fat content of the colostrum of nursing mothers in a maternity hospital in the interior of the State of São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Campos , Leticia Aguiar de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Polettini, Jossimara, Moraes, Lucas Lima de, Silva, Bruna Decco Marques da, Saek, Erika Kushikawa, Ferrari, Denise Vasconcelos de Jesus, Morceli, Glilciane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/12165
• topic: Normal delivery; Cesarean section; Colostrum; Breastfeeding.; Parto normal; Cesárea; Colostro; Amamentação.; Parto normal; Cesárea; Calostro; Lactancia.

Objective: To compare the fat content of colostrum in nursing mothers with the method of delivery and to describe the gestational characteristics. This is a cross-sectional study including mothers who underwent vaginal delivery or cesarean delivery, attended at a maternity ward in Presidente Prudente from December 2017 to April 2018. The collection was performed through manual milk expressing between 48 and 72 hours postpartum for the dosage of fats, using the crematocrit technique. Personal, behavioral, and obstetrical/gestational data were collected following a protocol established for the study and analysis of medical records. All the nursing mothers were informed about the purpose of the research and signed the informed consent form. Statistical analyzes were performed using the t-test, Z-test, or Mann-Whitney test. For all tests, the level of significance was 5%. Demographic characteristics were described, such as the maternal age was statistically lower in mothers who underwent vaginal delivery (p<0.005), gestational and obstetric, and perinatal outcomes of newborns (NB) from vaginal and cesarean delivery. Vaginal or cesarean delivery did not influence the composition of the colostrum fat content.