Abstract:

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between breastfeeding and postpartum depression in mothers in the early postpartum period. Instrument and Method: Identifying and Relationship-seeking type research was carried out in the Erzurum Province's Central Women's Birth Hospital between February 1, 2013 and April 30, 2013. The data is collected with the indicative information form, the LATCH Breastfeeding Detection Scale and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. In the assessment of the data, one-way variance analysis, t test, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U and correlation analysis were used. Results: The matters have a statistically significant difference between age, education level and pregnancy number and the LATCH score average (p<0. 05), the EDSDÖ score average and the income level of mothers, the number of pregnancies and the condition of pregnancy request has been statistically significantly determined (p<0.05). The findings found that there was no relationship between the LATCH and the EDSDÖ score average Result: The study found that mothers had a medium level of breastfeeding success, a quarter of them were at depression risk, and there was no relationship between depression and breastfeeding.

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