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Mothers of preterm infants' experiences of breastfeeding support in the first 12 months after birth: A qualitative study.
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- Positive breastfeeding experiences and facilitators in mothers of preterm and low birthweight infants: a meta-ethnographic review.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Pooled it
- Guilt, shame, and postpartum infant feeding outcomes: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- Feeding and swallowing difficulties in previously hospitalised premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: Perspectives from South African caregivers.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2025Article
- Possible Factors Affecting Breast Milk Feeding Status Of Preterm Infants Monitored in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Challenges and Choices in Breastfeeding Healthy, Sick and Preterm Babies: Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Parental experiences and breastfeeding outcomes of early support to new parents from family health care centres-a mixed method study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Observational
- Supporting Premature Infants' Oral Feeding in the NICU-A Qualitative Study of Nurses' Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Vulnerable mothers' experience of feeding their preterm infant in neonatal care.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2021Article
- Explaining breastfeeding experiences and assessing factors affecting breastfeeding self-efficacy in mothers of premature infants: a mixed method study protocol.Reproductive health · 2020Article
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- Mothers of preterm infants' experiences of breastfeeding support in the first 12 months after birth: A qualitative study.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2019Article
- A qualitative study on the breastfeeding experience of mothers of preterm infants in the first 12 months after birth.International breastfeeding journal · 2019Article
- Factors affecting breastfeeding self-efficacy among mothers with preterm infants.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreastfeeding support is important for breastfeeding mothers; however, it is less clear how mothers of preterm infants (< 37 gestational weeks) experience breastfeeding support during the first year. Thus, the aim of this study was to describe how mothers of preterm infants in Sweden experience breastfeeding support during the first 12 months after birth.
methodsThis qualitative study used data from 151 mothers from questionnaires with open-ended questions and telephone interviews. The data were analyzed using an inductive thematic network analysis with a hermeneutical approach.
resultsThe results exposed two organizing themes and one global theme. In the organizing theme "genuine support strengthens," the mothers described how they were strengthened by being listened to and met with respect, understanding, and knowledge. The support was individually adapted and included both practical and emotional support. In the organizing theme "inadequate support diminishes," the mothers described how health professionals who were controlling and intrusive diminished them and how the support they needed was not provided or was inappropriate. Thus, the global theme "being thrown into a lottery-dependent on the health professional who provided breastfeeding support" emerged, meaning that the support received was random in terms of knowledge and support style, depending on the individual health professionals who were available.
conclusionBreastfeeding support to mothers of preterm infants was highly variable, either constructive or destructive depending on who provided support. This finding clearly shows major challenges for health care, which should make breastfeeding support more person-centered, equal, and supportive in accordance with individual needs.
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