“…Twenty-three studies examined maternal employment in relation to EBF practices, including fifteen crosssectional (17)(18)(19)26,31,32,(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(46)(47)(48)(49) , four qualitative (30,33,45,50) , two mixed-methods (21,23) and two cohort studies (24,25) . Definitions of maternal employment varied across the studies and included employment status, type of occupation, return to work following childbirth and/or employment cited as a barrier to EBF.…”