Breastfeeding as a balancing act - pregnant Swedish women's voices on breastfeeding.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Breastfeeding provides health benefits to both women and children. The rationale behind an individual woman's decision to breastfeed or not can depend on several factors, either independently or in combination. The aim of the current study was to explore attitudes towards breastfeeding among pregnant women in Sweden who intend to breastfeed. METHODS:Eleven mothers-to-be, one of whom had previous breastfeeding experience, participated in the study. The women were interviewed either by telephone or face-to-face during late pregnancy, with the aim of exploring their attitudes towards breastfeeding. A semi-structured interview-guide was used, and the transcripts of the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. The social ecological model of health is the theory-based framewo

SUBMITTER: Cato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7059277 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature