Initially, the protocol included calling women who had weaned (i.e., stopped all breastfeeding) again at the next data collection time to establish whether or not they had restarted breastfeeding.
In reality, this strategy turned out to be stressful for women, and we stopped calling if a woman said she had stopped breastfeeding.
In 5 cases, when the first caller learned a woman had weaned her baby and sensed she might be distressed, the second call was not done out of respect for the mother’s feelings.