"Nobody knows, or seems to know how rheumatology and breastfeeding works": Women's experiences of breastfeeding whilst managing a long-term limiting condition - A qualitative visual methods study.

CONCLUSIONS: Women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases found it difficult to access the information they needed about medications to make informed decisions about breastfeeding. They often also felt pressurised into breastfeeding and experienced feelings of guilt if they were unable, or did not wish to breastfeed. Tailored interventions are required that adopt a non-judgmental and person-centred approach to support decision-making in regard to infant feeding, providing women with information that can best enable them to make infant feeding choices. PMID: 31404778 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31404778?dopt=Abstract

Source: Midwifery - August 5, 2019 Category: Midwifery Authors: Williams D, Webber J, Pell B, Grant A, Sanders J, Choy E, Edwards A, Taylor A, Wu MC, Phillips R Tags: Midwifery Source Type: research