What Information, Advice, and Support Do Women Want With Breastfeeding?

Abstract

Maternity services should address the components identified by the study findings as constituting good breastfeeding support. Guidance and information for family members and training for those involved in peer or professional initiatives should take into account women's views on what support they want, together with when and how they want it provided.

Breastfeeding and Methadone Therapy: The Maternal Experience

“…While some of the identified obstacles are not unique to women taking methadone (e.g., lack of family support, inadequate lactation education and assistance, apprehension about breastfeeding time commitments), [17][18][19][20] participants in our study often experienced these issues more acutely and faced more cumulative breastfeeding barriers compared to women in the general population. Among these, lack of support from the healthcare community and misinformation about the dangers of combining breastfeeding and methadone therapy represent significant, yet modifiable, barriers to breastfeeding success.…”

Mother and Family’s View on Exclusive Breastfeeding in Developing Country

“…Similarly, Ingram and Johnson (2004) showed how family played an important role in supporting the mothers to successfully initiate and maintain breastfeeding. Graffy and Taylor (2005) has stated that it was not only health workers who responsible for mother's breastfeeding practices, but families and friends also play their part. A study of the perceptions of Swedish women about support from partners and grandmothers highlighted how the woman's social network, including grandmothers played an important part in determining a woman's ability to cope with breastfeeding (Reid, Schmied, & Beale, 2010).…”

Exploring the mother's perception of latching difficulty in the first days after birth: An interview study in an Italian hospital

“…In particular, receiving support from health-care professionals appears particularly valuable. Qualitative studies (Graffy and Taylor, 2005) inquired what women need to know about breast feeding, and the answers included the following: information and clarification on what to expect, practical help to overcome the difficulties, effective advice and suggestions, acknowledgement of the mothers' experience and feelings, and encouragement. The mothers' care was perceived as inadequate when little time was dedicated to support their breast-feeding practice or when continuity in the care was missing and the health-care provider's communication was not informative or contradictory (McInnes and Chambers, 2008;McFadden et al, 2009).…”