In this study, 68.4% of deliveries were performed in
private hospitals. According to the instructions provided by
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, both public and
private hospitals with obstetrics and gynecology wards must
implement the WHO ten steps to achieve successful
breastfeeding of infants so to be awarded the Baby-Friendly
Hospital designation 1). Thus, being a public or private
hospital should not impact on the prognosis of breastfeeding,
but being Baby-Friendly Hospital, is more important.
Rowe-Murray found that the Baby-Friendly Hospitals have
better performance compared to other hospitals, especially in
terms of shorter time to start breastfeeding after birth by
cesarean section 25). In our study the mothers (1) did not
know what is Baby-Friendly Hospital, (2) did not know their
hospital was Baby-Friendly or not, (3) being Baby-Friendly
Hospital has not been an important measure for them to
choose the hospital for delivery, On the other hand, the
number of deliveries in public hospitals is far more than
private hospitals and in contrast, number of mothers who
refer to private hospitals for cesarean section is higher than
public hospitals [26]. Therefore, with regards to the above
subjects, it is required to conduct a study to compare
cesarean mothers who feed their infants with formula in both
private and public hospitals and also private hospitals should
be monitored continuously