Of the 251 primiparous mothers who were assessed
for eligibility during the study period, 89 did not
meet the eligibility criteria (see schema Figure 2).
The most common reasons for exclusion were infant
admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU) with an anticipated hospital stay of
longer than mother (n5 25, 28%), followed by the decision to exclusively formula feed (n5 22,
24.7%).The acceptance rate of eligible mothers enrolling
in this pilot trial was 92.5%.