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The breastfeeding experience of women with major difficulties who use the services of a breastfeeding clinic: a descriptive study

BACKGROUND: Many women experience breastfeeding difficulties. Sometimes these difficulties lead to breastfeeding cessation. Breastfeeding clinics provide support for women facing such problems. This study aims to describe the breastfeeding experience of women, particularly those who use the services...

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Autores principales: Lamontagne, Caroline, Hamelin, Anne-Marie, St-Pierre, Monik
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-3-17
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author Lamontagne, Caroline
Hamelin, Anne-Marie
St-Pierre, Monik
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description BACKGROUND: Many women experience breastfeeding difficulties. Sometimes these difficulties lead to breastfeeding cessation. Breastfeeding clinics provide support for women facing such problems. This study aims to describe the breastfeeding experience of women, particularly those who use the services of the breastfeeding clinic located in the Greater Quebec City area. METHODS: This is a descriptive study based on information gathered through telephone questionnaires that were administered in 2006 to a sample of 86 women and semi-structured interviews conducted with 12 of these women. RESULTS: Painful nipples/breasts, low milk supply and latching difficulties were the three most frequent major breastfeeding problems identified by women. Their personal characteristics as well as the moral and physical support provided by family and friends and by health professional and clinicians at the breastfeeding clinic were the factors identified most often as having a positive influence on the breastfeeding experience. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that breastfeeding clinics have a critical role to play in improving the breastfeeding experience of women with major difficulties.
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spelling pubmed-25332862008-09-11 The breastfeeding experience of women with major difficulties who use the services of a breastfeeding clinic: a descriptive study Lamontagne, Caroline Hamelin, Anne-Marie St-Pierre, Monik Int Breastfeed J Research BACKGROUND: Many women experience breastfeeding difficulties. Sometimes these difficulties lead to breastfeeding cessation. Breastfeeding clinics provide support for women facing such problems. This study aims to describe the breastfeeding experience of women, particularly those who use the services of the breastfeeding clinic located in the Greater Quebec City area. METHODS: This is a descriptive study based on information gathered through telephone questionnaires that were administered in 2006 to a sample of 86 women and semi-structured interviews conducted with 12 of these women. RESULTS: Painful nipples/breasts, low milk supply and latching difficulties were the three most frequent major breastfeeding problems identified by women. Their personal characteristics as well as the moral and physical support provided by family and friends and by health professional and clinicians at the breastfeeding clinic were the factors identified most often as having a positive influence on the breastfeeding experience. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that breastfeeding clinics have a critical role to play in improving the breastfeeding experience of women with major difficulties. BioMed Central 2008-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2533286/ /pubmed/18680602 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-3-17 Text en Copyright © 2008 Lamontagne et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short The breastfeeding experience of women with major difficulties who use the services of a breastfeeding clinic: a descriptive study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-3-17
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