Objective: to identify in the scientific literature factors that hinder exclusive breastfeeding. Development: This is an integrative literature review, which took place between June and July in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and in the databases: Latin American Literature of the Caribbean in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Bases de nursing data (BDENF); in LATINDEX (Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal), and Red Iberoamericana (REDIB), through the Virtual Health Library (VHL). Results: It showed the main factors that hinder the practice of exclusive breastfeeding, among them are: pain, the appearance of fissures, mastitis, the mother’s return to work, difficulty in “handling”, lack of guidance, little experience of mom. Conclusion: The study becomes essential in conducting practices to encourage exclusive breastfeeding in the prevention of early weaning.
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