Mothers' Experiences Expressing Breast Milk for Their Preterm Infants

Dowling, Donna; Blatz, Mary Ann; Graham, Gregory

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“…A recent quantitative study 41 reported that the majority of mothers preferred pumping at home, however, some of the mothers interviewed for the current study preferred pumping at the hospital. A recent quantitative study 41 reported that the majority of mothers preferred pumping at home, however, some of the mothers interviewed for the current study preferred pumping at the hospital.…”

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Providing Mother’s Own Milk in the Context of the NICU

2013

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Providing Mother’s Own Milk in the Context of the NICU

2013

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“…The facilitators and barriers to initiation of lactation/pumping and maintenance of milk supply within the context of an infant hospitalized in the NICU are numerous. However, the majority of literature available on this topic is restricted to the term and preterm infant population and the samples often exclude any infant born with a congenital anomaly (Alves, Rodrigues, Fraga, Barros, & Silva, ; Dowling, Blatz, & Graham, ; Rossman, Kratovil, Greene, Engstrom, & Meier, ). For mothers of infants with CDH, some of factors are similar whereas others are specific to this population.…”

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Making Meaning of Pumping for Mothers of Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

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Deatrick²,

Curley³

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Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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“…Numerous studies show the importance of ‘privacy’, in neonatal care [13] as well as during breastfeeding [24,38]. However, the need for parental privacy may be in tension with percieved health professional imperatives to maintain surveillance of the patient, in this case the baby described by Johnson et al [39], as an aspect of professional power.…”

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‘Being in a womb’ or ‘playing musical chairs’: the impact of place and space on infant feeding in NICUs

Flacking

Dykes

2013

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundBecoming a parent of a preterm baby requiring neonatal care constitutes an extraordinary life situation in which parenting begins and evolves in a medical and unfamiliar setting. Although there is increasing emphasis within maternity and neonatal care on the influence of place and space upon the experiences of staff and service users, there is a lack of research on how space and place influence relationships and care in the neonatal environment. The aim of this study was to explore, in-depth, the impact of place and space on parents’ experiences and practices related to feeding their preterm babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Sweden and England.MethodsAn ethnographic approach was utilised in two NICUs in Sweden and two comparable units in England, UK. Over an eleven month period, a total of 52 mothers, 19 fathers and 102 staff were observed and interviewed. A grounded theory approach was utilised throughout data collection and analysis.ResultsThe core category of ‘the room as a conveyance for an attuned feeding’ was underpinned by four categories: the level of ‘ownership’ of space and place; the feeling of ‘at-homeness’; the experience of ‘the door or a shield’ against people entering, for privacy, for enabling a focus within, and for regulating socialising and the; ‘window of opportunity’. Findings showed that the construction and design of space and place was strongly influential on the developing parent-infant relationship and for experiencing a sense of connectedness and a shared awareness with the baby during feeding, an attuned feeding.ConclusionsIf our proposed model is valid, it is vital that these findings are considered when developing or reconfiguring NICUs so that account is taken of the influences of spatiality upon parent’s experiences. Even without redesign there are measures that may be taken to make a positive difference for parents and their preterm babies.

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Mothers' Experiences Expressing Breast Milk for Their Preterm Infants

Abstract: Individual mother's needs for privacy need to be determined and interventions to support mothers' feeding plans throughout hospitalization and at discharge need to be developed.

Cited by 31 publications

References 33 publications

Providing Mother’s Own Milk in the Context of the NICU

Providing Mother’s Own Milk in the Context of the NICU

Making Meaning of Pumping for Mothers of Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

‘Being in a womb’ or ‘playing musical chairs’: the impact of place and space on infant feeding in NICUs

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