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Objective: In this study, levels of sodium (Na) and sodium/potassium ratio (Na/K), which are considered as indicators of successful lactation, and their relationships with the mothers and their babies’ sociodemographic features, psychosocial risk factors of mothers and their adult type attachment styles were aimed to be investigated. Method: The mothers’ of 150 consecutive, exclusively breastfed, healthy babies that presented to Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine and Tepecik State Hospital Healthy Children Outpatient Unit were included in the study. Data about babies’ and their mothers were collected during a semi-structured interview with the mother. The mothers were requested to complete Relationship Scale Questionnaire (RSQ) to identify the adult type attachement styles of the mothers. Ten millilitres of breast milk were obtained from the mothers by manual self-milking. Results: Fourty-nine (32.7%) mothers had higher than expected breast milk Na levels and high Na/K ratios. Mothers with higher levels of Na in their breast milk were mothers that thought they were not appropriate to have a child at significance limits (p=0.059). There were no statistically significant differences between two groups of mothers, one with high mean breast milk Na and Na/K ratio, other with expected levels, regarding their adult attachment styles. Conclusion: According to the results of this study it can be speculated that the some psychosocial risk factors of the mothers have an effect on the breast milk electrolytes. But these results should be shown in other studies with a large sample size.

Do the psychosocial risk factors of the mothers have effect on the breast milk electrolytes?