The study involved 520 women, of which 357 (68.65%) participated in the ME program. Most of these women were Spanish and were married (64.7%). Among them, 25.24% worked in public services and 31.73% had an undergraduate degree. Approximately 22.49% of these women declared monthly income below 1,000 Euros. Only 10% of pregnancies were unplanned.
Table 1 shows that 75.53% of mothers initiated BF early, within the newborn's first hour of life. In the group of mothers who attended ME, 70.66% initiated BF early, compared to 60.63% of women who did not (adjusted OR = 1.78, 95% CI = 1.14-2.78). Table 1 also presents the relation between ME attendance by mothers and BF maintenance after infants' two months of life (adjusted OR = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.15-2.61).
No significant association was identified between ME and the reason for BF discontinuation, as shown in Table 2. In this table, it is also possible to note that the main reason for discontinuation of BF is "lack of milk”.