During breastfeeding, lactating mothers adopt different
positions that can cause musculoskeletal problems. The
purpose of this study was to determine common
breastfeeding positions and musculoskeletal problems
in our population and the association between them. A
descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted on 400
breast feeding mothers from hospitals, universities and
community of Rawalpindi and Islamabad using a selfstructured questionnaire. It was found that 283(70.8%)
reported cross cradle hold (opposite arm) breastfeeding
position, while 86(21.5%) reported breastfeeding in side
lying position. Also 31(7.9%) were those mothers who
adopted other different BF positions. Mechanical neck
pain was seen in 147(36.8%) women and mechanical
low back pain was seen in 88(22.0%) women. When chi
square test was applied to find out association between
breastfeeding position and musculoskeletal problems
p value was 0.989 that there was no significant difference
between them