Breath-Based yoga may boost breastfeeding success in new moms

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion Criteria for Intervention and Control Groups * Primiparous mothers aged 19 years or older who delivered at term (37-42 weeks), * Mothers who gave birth in a Baby-Friendly Hospital in Sakarya, * Mothers who are open to communication and cooperation, voluntarily agree to participate in the study, and had a normal vaginal delivery, * Mothers who agree to participate in the study during postpartum weeks 0-2 and who will be in postpartum weeks 2-10 during the intervention period, * Mothers who breastfeed or practice mixed feeding, * Mothers and infants who are in good health, * Mothers with a Body Mass Index within the normal range, * Mothers without sensory impairments such as hearing or vision problems, * Mothers without a diagnosed psychiatric history, * Mothers who can read and write in Turkish, * Mothers who score below 13 on the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) at the first assessment. Exclusion Criteria for Intervention and Control Groups * Infant loss, * Mothers with visual, auditory, or cognitive impairments, * Infants with physical disabilities or congenital anomalies, * Mothers with any neurological, orthopedic, or chronic condition that may prevent participation in exercise, * Mothers scoring 13 or above on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at the first assessment, * Mothers who practiced yoga or breathing exercises during pregnancy or postpartum will be excluded, * Since brief educational sessions provided before discharge in Baby-Friendly Hospitals are routine in Turkey, they will not be considered exclusion criteria. * However, mothers who received a structured breastfeeding education program during pregnancy or postpartum will be excluded from the study. Withdrawal Criteria for Intervention and Control Groups * Participants who request to withdraw from the study at any time, * Participants who miss more than two yoga-breathing sessions, more than two breastfeeding education sessions, or who cannot be reached will be removed from the study.