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2023年8月11日 · The evidence of breastfeeding practices over the past decade in China is limited. The current study aimed to describe the current prevalence, variation trends, and determinants of breastfeeding practices in China using data from the National Household Health Service Surveys (NHHSS) in 2013 and 2018.
- The Unique Woman
- The Sensitive Confirming Process
- Consistency of Ongoing Support
- Individualized Breastfeeding Support Increases Confidence and Satisfaction
Confirmation as a person and as a breastfeeding woman
The women expressed a need for confirmation, because they were unsure about their breastfeeding competence and uncertain whether their breastfeeding was normal. The women expressing this issue mentioned that they felt safer when a health care professional was present during a breastfeeding session. Their self-confidence improved when the health care professionals confirmed a normal breastfeeding: "I was wondering if he was nursing correctly and things like that but she was watching the entire...
Support to women, whether breastfeeding or not
Some women felt that they were inadequate as women in cases when the health professionals did not confirm their ability to breastfeed. The same feeling of failure as a mother emerged when the health care professionals did not listen to or did not try to understand the woman's situation during breastfeeding. One woman felt that the health care professionals did not see her as an individual because of her inability to breastfeed; rather the health care professionals based their support on a wom...
Observation
The midwives stated that it was important for them to observe a breastfeeding session in order to develop adequate individual breastfeeding support. They asked the women to call for them when it was time for breastfeeding: " . . . and then she'll get in touch when the child starts signaling for food. I ask them if I may be present and if it's okay to watch. Now she has the child to her breast and I see right away how the child is laying on the breast, how she holds the child." (MW4); "I menti...
Confirmation, practical and physical support
Women strongly valued the health care professional's assistance during problems with breastfeeding. The women viewed adequate breastfeeding support as including information about breastfeeding timing, nursing techniques, or damaged nipples. They thought that practical breastfeeding support from the health care professionals should be in accordance with the unique needs of each woman: "I rang and hoped they would come. I got help laying her down and they showed me how to hold her, how she shou...
Establish continuity
The women expressed that continuity is important in breastfeeding support. They thought that improved continuity by the health care professionals would establish confidence. Some women expressed insecurity as a result of contact with several different care providers during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding: "Why is it not possible to meet the antenatal midwife at the maternity ward, the one you had established confidence in . . . when you meet a lot of new people it is difficult . . ....
Follow-up
The importance of follow-up and continued breastfeeding support was reported by both women and midwives. Midwives stated that they provide follow-up for women and their breastfeeding, and they considered follow-up to be an important aspect of breastfeeding support. The midwives described follow-up as continually making contact with the woman, which enables observations of any changes in breastfeeding. The midwives are then able to support the woman by addressing problems and encouraging succe...
The womenwanted to be seen as unique individuals by the health professionals, and they also wanted the health care professionals to confirm their breastfeeding as normal or abnormal. If the health professionals responded to the woman's needs, the woman felt that the breastfeeding support was good and was based on her as an individual. If the woman ...
- Caroline A Bäckström, Elisabeth I Hertfelt Wahn, Anette C Ekström
- 2010
2011年11月30日 · Breastfeeding is one of the most natural, protective and cost effective practices a mother engages in with her new infant [1–3].Australian breastfeeding initiation rates at both the national and state level are high (around 90 percent) [4–6], but by three months, exclusive breastfeeding has dropped to 50 to 60 percent, and is at 15 percent at six months, well below the recommendation of ...
2020年11月3日 · Data from 2012 show that only 6.2% of live births occurred in baby-friendly hospitals in the United States []. Nevertheless, more than half of the pregnant women in Maine had engaged in six or seven baby-friendly practices, regardless of whether they delivered in a baby-friendly hospital [ 24 ].
2014年7月21日 · Background Health care workers have a duty to promote and support breastfeeding among their clients. Although their ability to do this may be influenced by their knowledge and personal experience; little is known about breastfeeding practices and the perceived barriers. The objective of this study was to assess the breastfeeding practices and the associated factors among female nurses and ...
2020年5月20日 · Background The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for at least 4 months was previously found to be very low among Chinese immigrants in Ireland, at 5.8% (Zhou et al., Front Public Health 6:351, 2018). This study investigates the successful experiences of Chinese mothers living in Ireland who exclusively breastfeed for between four and 6 months. Methods Participants were recruited from the ...
2019年6月11日 · Decisions about infant feeding are embedded and are continuously made within a woman’s social and cultural context. Despite the benefits of breastfeeding to both women and infants, and government policies and laws to protect and promote breastfeeding, breastfeeding in public remains a controversial issue.
