A pillow to boost breastfeeding confidence after C-Section?
NCT ID NCT05948150
First seen Jul 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether using a specially designed breastfeeding pillow can improve breastfeeding self-efficacy and postnatal comfort in first-time mothers who gave birth by cesarean section. Half of the participants use the pillow starting 8 hours after birth, while the other half breastfeeds as usual without it. Researchers then compare how confident and comfortable the mothers feel at 24 and 48 hours after delivery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a breastfeeding pillow
- What this could lead to
- If effective, a simple breastfeeding pillow could become a low-cost tool to boost breastfeeding confidence and comfort for new mothers after C-section.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to all mothers. The pillow may offer no real benefit over standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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80 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Jun 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Graduated from primary school * No communication problems * The desire to breastfeed your baby, * The mother and the baby do not have any health condition that may prevent breastfeeding, * First pregnancy, * Having given birth at 37\> 37 weeks of gestation, * Having a baby weighing at least 2500 g, * Over 18 years of age, * Caesarean section with a single healthy baby Exclusion Criteria: * having given birth more than once * Under 18 years of age * communication problems * unhealthy baby birth
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University Mengücek Gazi Training and Research Hospital
Erzincan, Erzincan, Turkey (Türkiye)
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