Alessandra Bettiol (1), Niccolò Lombardi (1), Giada Crescioli (1), Roberto Bonaiuti (1), Claudia Ravaldi (2,3), Alfredo Vannacci (1,2) (1) Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; (2) CiaoLapo Charity for Healthy Pregnancy, Stillbirth and Perinatal Loss Support, Prato, Italy; (3) Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Background: Perception of pregnancy- and breastfeeding-related difficulties and consequent use of complementary and alternative