ПРЕДИЗВИКАТЕЛСТВА ПРЕД МАЙКАТА ПО ВРЕМЕ НА КЪРМЕНЕ – КАЧЕСТВЕНО ИЗСЛЕДВАНЕ
MATERNAL CHALLENGES DURING BREASTFEEDING - A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Author(s): Katerina Atias
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Individual Psychology
Published by: Бургаски свободен университет
Keywords: breastfeeding; challenges; motherhood; support
Summary/Abstract: Difficulties during breastfeeding can have a significant effect on maternal mental health. The aim of this study is to outline the main challenges during breastfeeding that affect a woman's mental state. The study, conducted in the spring of 2023, involved 500 women with breastfeeding experience, and 483 of their responses were processed. After a thematic analysis were categorized 10 psychological challenges (Organization of breastfeeding or expressing, Lack of support and information, Worry that the breast milk is not enough, Dealing with criticism and unsolicited advice, Adapting to the new lifestyle and the new role, Giving your body and time to the baby, Guilt or worry that mother is not coping, Lack of control over what is happening, Difficulty understanding the baby signals, Withdrawing from the partner) and 9 physical challenges (Pain and physical discomfort due to breastfeeding, Inability, difficulty or unwillingness of the baby to breastfeed, insufficient breast milk, Baby’s problems, Mother’s problems, Lack of sleep and fatigue, Hyperlactation, Weaning, Food and drink restriction). Knowledge of the difficulties mothers face during breastfeeding is a prerequisite for better counselling approaches by health care providers and psychologists.

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