Encouraging breastfeeding: A relational perspective

Source: Early Human Development

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Early Human Development, September 2010, Article in Press, doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.08.004

Date of publication:  September 2010

In a nutshell: This article suggests that encouraging breastfeeding should be seen in terms of supporting a relationship rather than in purely nutritional terms.  Therefore maternity services should  “ensure that these relationships are facilitated through attention to the organisational culture”.

Publication type: Journal article

Length of publication: 4 pages

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Breast Crawl: The natural method of initiation of breastfeeding

Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, October 2009, Volue 107, supplement 2, Pp. S398-399

Date of publication: October 2009

Publication type: Abstract

In a nutshell: This is an abstract from a paper given at the XIX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics. It suggests that a baby’s instinctive behaviour within an hour from birth was to seek out the breast of the mother if it has immediate skin to skin contact with the mother. This contact is said to help maintain the baby’s body temperature, enhances bonding, assists the immune and neurological systems and establishes breastfeeding.
Length of publication: 1 page

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Bottle feeding simulates child loss: Postpartum depression and evolutionary medicine – a theory

Source: Medical Hypotheses – ScienceDirect

Medical Hypotheses, printed online 8 Aug 2009 – full citation tba – doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.07.016

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Date of publication: Aug 2009

Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: This article speculates that bottle feeding or procedures which prevent breastfeeding may unintentionally trigger a biological or psychological reaction in the mother that suggests the death of the baby, which could thus lead to depression.

 

Length of publication: 3 pages

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