Early readmission of exclusively breastmilk-fed infants born by means of normal birth or cesarean is multifactorial and associated with perinatal maternal mental health concerns.

Background: Late preterm and full-term infants comprise the majority of births in our hospital which serves a multicultural lower socioeconomic community. Patients give birth vaginally (normal birth, NB) or by cesarean birth (CB), and the majority of neonates are exclusively breastmilk fed until discharge. In this study we examined what factors within these two birth modes and feeding regimes of exclusive breast milk were associated with early postnatal readmission.