Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.61. Percent of mothers hurt by a breast pump in each way by infant age,¹^,²among mothers who were hurt by a pump at each age Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Months 0-2	Months 3-5	Months 6-7
Nipple injury from the pump	13.2	13.9	18.2
Sore nipples from the pump	82.9	87.5	68.2
Infection from a pump injury	1.8	2.8	0.0
Pressure bruise	21.9	22.2	31.8
Other	9.2	2.8	9.1
N	228	72	22
¹Table is based on variables: M2D25A-E, M5D24A-E, M7D24A-E ²Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply