Working Women’s Breastfeeding Experiences

Rojjanasrirat, Wilaiporn

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“…10,11 A recent series of meta-analyses of the evidence on the effects of breastfeeding on infant health in developed countries concluded that breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of many diseases in both mothers and their infants. 12 Extant literature documents the difficulties faced by mothers returning to the workplace, 13 provides advice to mothers who wish to combine paid work and breastfeeding, [14][15][16][17] provides advice to companies that wish to promote breastfeeding, [18][19][20][21] and describes individual workplaces that have successfully promoted breastfeeding among employed mothers. 19,22,23 Policy statements and recommendations concerning the successful combination of maternal work and breastfeeding encourage directly feeding the infant from the breast either as a preferred accommodation 2,24 or as one of several possible accommodations.…”

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“…Other independent variables include age of infant when the mother returned to work, work characteristics, and characteristics likely to be related to breastfeeding duration or to combining work and breastfeeding, including attitudes toward breastfeeding, belief in the benefits of breastfeeding, 13 and personal goals for exclusive or total breastfeeding duration. 19 Exclusive breastfeeding goal was used in the intensity analysis, and total breastfeeding goal was used in the duration analysis.…”

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Success of Strategies for Combining Employment and Breastfeeding

2008

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OBJECTIVE. Return to work is associated with diminished breastfeeding intensity and duration. Although more mothers breastfeed after returning to work now than earlier, research has not documented the strategies that mothers use for combining paid work and breastfeeding or their effect on breastfeeding outcomes. This study examined which strategies are associated with smaller decrements in breastfeeding intensity and longer durations.PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS. We analyzed 810 mothers from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II who worked and breastfed. We used regression and censored regression models to analyze 4 strategies that mothers used to combine these 2 activities: (1) feed directly from the breast only; (2) both pump and feed directly; (3) pump only; and (4) neither pump nor breastfeed during the work day. Outcomes were the difference in percentage of milk feeds that were breast milk between the month before and after return to work and duration of breastfeeding after return to work.RESULTS. Forty-three percent of mothers pumped milk at work only; 32% fed the infant directly from the breast only. These 2 strategies, along with pumping and feeding directly, were statistically similar and superior to neither pumping nor breastfeeding during the work day for the outcome of change in breastfeeding intensity. For the outcome of breastfeeding duration, the 2 strategies that included directly feeding from the breast were associated with longer duration than pumping only, whereas the strategy of neither pumping nor breastfeeding during the work day was associated with the shortest duration.CONCLUSIONS. Feeding the infant from the breast during the work day is the most effective strategy for combining breastfeeding and work. Ways to enable direct feeding include on-site child care, telecommuting, keeping the infant at work, allowing the mother to leave work to go to the infant, and having the infant brought to the work site. Establishing ways for mothers to feed from the breast after return to work is important to meet US breastfeeding goals. Pediatrics 2008;122:S56-S62 P OSTPARTUM RETURN TO work is associated with shorter breastfeeding duration 1-5 and lower breastfeeding intensity 6 in the United States. Even as more US mothers of infants are participating in the workforce, 7 the importance of breastfeeding in developed countries is increasingly emphasized. In 1997, the American Academy of Pediatrics increased their recommendation for the minimum duration of breastfeeding from 6 to 12 months on the basis of diverse research showing health benefits in developed countries, and their policy was reaffirmed in 2005. 8,9 National US health objectives call for exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and breastfeeding duration for at least 12 months. 10,11 A recent series of meta-analyses of the evidence on the effects of breastfeeding on infant health in developed countries concluded that breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of many diseases in both mothers and their infants. 12 Extant literature docume...

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Success of Strategies for Combining Employment and Breastfeeding

2008

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“…5 Employers may influence the work climate of breastfeeding support by either adhering to or ignoring company policies, informally supporting or discouraging breastfeeding employees, or managing or disregarding issues arising among coworkers. [6][7][8] Breastfeeding provides unique health advantages to both the infant and mother, 9 and thus a breastfeeding-friendly workplace for the employed mother is recommended to increase the initiation and duration of breastfeeding. [10][11][12][13] In a breastfeeding-friendly workplace/policy, the provision of lactation rooms and breast-pumping breaks for female employees to express breastmilk for their infants is a critical element and may increase a mother's intention to continue breastfeeding after returning to work.…”

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Employee Perception of Breastfeeding-Friendly Support and Benefits of Breastfeeding as a Predictor of Intention to Use Breast-Pumping Breaks After Returning to Work Among Employed Mothers

Tsai

2014

Breastfeeding Medicine

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Background: Although increasing numbers of large companies are complying with demands for a breastfeedingfriendly workplace by providing lactation rooms and breast-pumping breaks, the effectiveness for intention to use breast-pumping breaks to express breast milk among employed mothers is uncertain. To explore the impact of employees' perceived breastfeeding support from the workplace and the benefits of breastfeeding on a woman's intention to use breast-pumping breaks after returning to work, we conducted a survey at a female labor-intensive electronics manufacturer in Taiwan. Subjects and Methods: A structured questionnaire survey was administered to 715 working mothers employed in an electronics manufacturing plant in Tainan Science Park in Southern Taiwan. Questionnaire content included female employee demographics, employment characteristics, and breastfeeding behavior after returning to work, as well as employees' perception of breastfeeding-friendly support and awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding when raising their most recently born child. Results: Higher education (odds ratio [OR] 2.33), non-clean room worksite (OR 1.51), awareness of breastpumping breaks (OR 4.70), encouragement by colleagues to use breast-pumping breaks (OR 1.76), and greater awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding (OR 1.08) were significant predictors of the use of breast-pumping breaks after returning to work, whereas the perception of inefficiency when using breast-pumping breaks reduced an employed mother's intention to use breast-pumping breaks (OR 0.55). Conclusions: This study finds an association between an appreciation of the benefits provided by the employer and the likelihood of increased usage of breastfeeding breaks. Workplaces and employers can help employed mothers to understand the benefits of breastfeeding, which may increase the intention of the mother to take breast-pumping breaks after returning to work.

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“…Le moment de la décision d'allaiter est un facteur d'influence important sur le comportement d'allaitement des mères [9] : plus la décision est précoce, meilleures seront [10] Confiance en soi, sentiment d'auto-efficacité [10,24] Absence de difficultés d'allaitement [13] Cohabitation mère/bébé 24 h/24 à la maternité [11] Être plus jeune, seule, de plus faible statut socioéconomique, récemment immigrée, avoir déménagé en raison de la naissance du bébé [9,11,13,16,17] Expérience passée négative d'allaitement [9] Ambivalence ou non désir d'allaiter, décision tardive Manque d'informations sur la durée optimale [17] Perception d'une insuffisance de lait, incertitude concernant la quantité de lait prise [9,10,13,[16][17][18] Peu de confiance en soi, gêne d'allaiter en public, dépression postnatale [11,24,25] Expérience initiale négative, difficultés d'allaitement [21] Tétine précoce au bébé [12,22] Obésité, tabagisme [10,12,[28][29][30] Emploi de la mère (> 20 h/semaine) [12,14,31] Facteurs liés au bébé et à son état de santé Technique de succion correcte Faible prise de poids du bébé [9,32] Problème de succion [17] Facteurs liés à l'entourage Soutien émotionnel de l'entourage Soutien du partenaire, partenaire favorable à l'allaitement [12,40] Soutien téléphonique des paires …”

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“…Les mères qui continuent à fumer pendant leur grossesse et après la naissance ont 2,18 fois plus de chances de ne plus allaiter à dix semaines, par rapport aux mères non fumeuses [30]. [12,31].…”

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Les facteurs associés à un allaitement maternel prolongé au-delà de trois mois : une revue de la littérature

Noirhomme-Renard

Noirhomme

2009

Journal de Pédiatrie et de Puériculture

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Working Women’s Breastfeeding Experiences

Cited by 51 publications

References 17 publications

Success of Strategies for Combining Employment and Breastfeeding

Success of Strategies for Combining Employment and Breastfeeding

Employee Perception of Breastfeeding-Friendly Support and Benefits of Breastfeeding as a Predictor of Intention to Use Breast-Pumping Breaks After Returning to Work Among Employed Mothers

Les facteurs associés à un allaitement maternel prolongé au-delà de trois mois : une revue de la littérature

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