Mother- baby attachment during postpartum period and determination of affecting factors

This study was conducted to determine the mother-baby attachment and the factors which affect the situation during postpartum period. It is a definer and cross-sectional study. The research was done upon the mothers who applied to Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic and Pediatrics and Outpatient Clinic at SANKO University Sani Konukoglu Hospital Health Practice and Research Center in Gaziantep. This research was carried out between October 2020 and October 2021, and the data of the research were collected between October 2020 and March 2021. 300 mothers who voluntarily participated and applied to the relevant clinics between the designated dates were counted for sampling of the research. To collect the data, "Introductory Information Form" and "Mother-Baby Attachment Scale" were used. To evaluate the data, number and percentage values, arithmetic average, standard deviation, significance between two averages test (single way Anova), Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used. Through this study, it has been determined that mothers have a decent level of mother-baby attachment. It has been found that age of the mother, education level of the parents, partner's occupation, health insurance, income, number of children alive, delivery method, gestational week of delivery, being planned, weight of the baby at birth, gender of the baby and the first breastfeeding of the baby after birth have effect on the level of mother-baby attachment. Various suggestions have been made according to these results. Keywords: Postpartum Period; Attachment; Mother-Baby Attachment.