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Deciding to breastfeed :
Previous awareness of breastfeeding
Gathering information, making the decision & preparing for breastfeeding
Getting started with breastfeeding :
The first breastfeed
Support from hospital staff
Positioning & attaching/latching the baby at the breast
The milk coming in
Sore nipples
The sensation of breastfeeding
Feeding patterns in the early days
Going home with a breastfed baby
Managing breastfeeding :
What daily life is like with a breastfed baby
Breastfeeding during the night
Getting support for breastfeeding
Monitoring baby's growth
Dealing with difficult times
Impact of breastfeeding upon the mother
Changing family relationships with breastfed baby
Breastfeeding an older baby
Breastfeeding and working
Breastfeeding away from home
Variations of the breastfeeding experience
Emotional & psychological aspects of breastfeeding
Cultural aspects of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding in special circumstances :
When extra care is needed for mother and/or baby
Breastfeeding more than one baby
Weaning the baby from the breast :
Introducing solid foods
Managing weaning including thoughts and feelings
Reflecting upon breastfeeding :
Advice for pregnant mothers and new mothers
Comments for health professionals
Thinking about the wider breastfeeding environment
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Age 30-34
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Interview 46
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She breastfed her first baby in her bed but her next four babies slept in a basket or cradle beside her.
Breastfed five children without problems, two of them in tandem for a short time. Very proud of her achievements. Breastfeeding peer supporter for her local community.
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Breastfeeding
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Age 25-29
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Interview 37
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She described having her first baby in a Moses basket beside her bed but subsequent babies slept in the family bed.
Unsatisfactory hospital experience with first baby; other two were home births. Regrets stopping breastfeeding her first child to go back to work. She didn't do that again.
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Breastfeeding
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Age 35-39
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Interview 50
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She occasionally fed her twin sons in her bed because it was easier than getting up and gave her more rest. She also had a nap with them during the da
Exclusively breastfeeding twins with a toddler in the house. First child almost rejected the breast at three months. Mother's comfort (cushions essential) and positioning the baby/babies at the breast important.
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Breastfeeding
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Age 35-39
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Interview 45
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She says that the world belongs to her and her baby at night time. Her mother encouraged her to take the baby into her bed with her.
Loves breastfeeding despite painful beginning. Used nipple shields. Hates being separated from her baby. Feeding time is family time. Husband works away from home during week.
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Breastfeeding
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Age 25-29
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Interview 10
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Her baby sleeps with her and after a breastfeed her husband brings their baby downstairs to settle.
Little help from midwives in hospital. Used nipple shields for inverted nipples, affected milk supply. Postnatal depression with one child. Dairy intolerance with another. Practices attachment parenting.
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Breastfeeding
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Age 35-39
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Interview 03
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She went to bed with her third baby and cuddled and fed him through the night which seemed natural and was quite different from how she had behaved wi
Relaxed, long-term breastfeeder, very few problems, mastitis, baby fed on demand and sleeps with parents, child-led weaning at around 4 years of age. Child-centred family, home schooling older children.
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Breastfeeding
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Age 30-34
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Interview 23
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Her first baby slept in the nursery but her second slept in the family bed which she says was a natural thing to do.
Good milk supply, used nipple shields with first baby, introduced hungry baby formula for last feed at night. Second baby exclusively breastfed, just beginning solids.
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Breastfeeding
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Age 30-34
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Interview 31
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As a health professional, she was aware of the advice about co-sleeping but decided to sleep with her babies because it was easier to breastfeed and s
First month of breastfeeding was the hardest thing she has done in her life. Very sore and cracked nipples. Fussy babies at 4-5 months, early weaning with first baby.
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