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Objective: To determine the relationship of the traumatic birth experience and perception with breastfeeding attitudes in primiparous mothers who gave birth vaginally. Materials and Methods: The research was designed as cross-sectional and correlational. The study was carried out in Family Health Centers (FHCs) of a province in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey between February 2020 and 2021. Responses from a total of 270 mothers who were in postpartum 4-8 weeks were analyzed. Data were collected using a multidimensional questionnaire, Traumatic Childbirth Perception, and Breastfeeding Attitude Evaluation Scale. Results: Complications/difficulties at birth (p = 0.037), use of vacuum or forceps (p = 0.010), development of postpartum hemorrhage (p = 0.018), lack of midwife support during labor (p = 0.020), and perception of traumatic birth (p < 0.001) were found to be related factors that may negatively affect breastfeeding attitudes at the rate of 32% (F = 19,433, p < 0.001). It was determined that 32.6% of the mothers had moderate, 33.3% high, and 7.8% very high prevalence of traumatic birth perception. Conclusion: Breastfeeding attitudes are adversely affected in mothers who experience complications/difficulties in the early postpartum period, who use vacuum or forceps, who develop postpartum hemorrhage, who do not receive midwife support during delivery, and who have a high perception of traumatic birth.

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