Perceptions of Coping With Breastfeeding Pain: A Secondary Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although there are many known benefits of providing human milk to infants, breastfeeding-related pain is a significant reason for breastfeeding cessation. Breastfeeding-related pain is a unique experience due to breastfeeding's goal-directed purpose, repetitive nature, and socio-emotional reflections of successful parenting. Understanding how lactating parents cope with breastfeeding-related pain will inform clinical practice to encourage individuals to meet their lactation goals. The aim of this study was to evaluate how lactating parents view coping with breastfeeding-related pain to be different from coping with other types of pain.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of a pilot randomized control study of a breastfeeding pain self-management interventi

SUBMITTER: Russell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11981855 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature