ArticleThe Journal of perinatal education2009
A double-edged sword: lactation consultants' perceptions of the impact of breast pumps on the practice of breastfeeding.
Article in The Journal of perinatal education, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prevalence and outcomes of breast milk expressing in women with healthy term infants: a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2013Pooled it
- Effect of pumping pressure on onset of lactation after caesarean section: A randomized controlled study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Trial
- Pumps: A Possible Tool to Promote More Equitable Lactation Outcomes.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2024Review
- Advice from Canadian Mothers Who Express Human Milk: An Interpretive Description Qualitative Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Marketing BreastInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Commercialisation and commodification of breastfeeding: video diaries by first-time mothers.International breastfeeding journal · 2020Article
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- Messages to new mothers: an analysis of breast pump advertisements.Maternal & child nutrition · 2017Article
- Methods of milk expression for lactating women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Review
- Evaluation of the impact of breast milk expression in early postpartum period on breastfeeding duration: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Article
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Abstract
This qualitative descriptive study examined the beliefs and experiences of 12 lactation consultants regarding the impact of breast pumps on breastfeeding practices. Interview topics on breast pumps included types and patterns of use, mothers' experiences, and advantages and risks. The lactation consultants reported an increase in the use of breast pumps due to improved marketing, a change in society's view of pumps as a necessity rather than a luxury, and the impact of birthing technology. Reasons given for this increased use were mothers' need to have greater control over the breastfeeding process and to quantify the amount of breastmilk. Concerns were expressed regarding an overdependency on breastfeeding technology by some lactation consultants and mothers.
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