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Trans* Pregnancy and Lactation: A Literature Review from a Nursing Perspective

Pregnancy and lactation involve two aspects that are socially and culturally associated with women. However, there are a few biological differences between male and female breast tissue. Lactation and pregnancy are viable processes that do not depend on sex. Even for the latter, it is only necessary...

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Autores principales: García-Acosta, Jesús Manuel, San Juan-Valdivia, Rosa María, Fernández-Martínez, Alfredo David, Lorenzo-Rocha, Nieves Doria, Castro-Peraza, Maria Elisa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31861638
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010044
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author García-Acosta, Jesús Manuel
San Juan-Valdivia, Rosa María
Fernández-Martínez, Alfredo David
Lorenzo-Rocha, Nieves Doria
Castro-Peraza, Maria Elisa
author_facet García-Acosta, Jesús Manuel
San Juan-Valdivia, Rosa María
Fernández-Martínez, Alfredo David
Lorenzo-Rocha, Nieves Doria
Castro-Peraza, Maria Elisa
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description Pregnancy and lactation involve two aspects that are socially and culturally associated with women. However, there are a few biological differences between male and female breast tissue. Lactation and pregnancy are viable processes that do not depend on sex. Even for the latter, it is only necessary to have an organ capable of gestation. Ways to favor mammogenesis and lactogenesis in trans* women have been established. There are protocols to promote lactation in trans* women, usually used for adoptive mothers or those whose children have been born through gestational surrogacy. Chestfeeding a baby could be the cause of feelings as diverse as gender dysphoria in the case of trans* men, and euphoria and affirmation of femininity in trans* women. This study involves a review of the available scientific literature addressing medical aspects related to pregnancy and lactation in trans* individuals, giving special attention to nursing care during perinatal care. There are scarce studies addressing care and specifically nursing care in trans* pregnancy and lactation. Our study indicates the factors that can be modified and the recommendations for optimizing the care provided to these individuals in order to promote and maintain the lactation period in search of improvement and satisfaction with the whole process.
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spelling pubmed-69816772020-02-03 Trans* Pregnancy and Lactation: A Literature Review from a Nursing Perspective García-Acosta, Jesús Manuel San Juan-Valdivia, Rosa María Fernández-Martínez, Alfredo David Lorenzo-Rocha, Nieves Doria Castro-Peraza, Maria Elisa Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Pregnancy and lactation involve two aspects that are socially and culturally associated with women. However, there are a few biological differences between male and female breast tissue. Lactation and pregnancy are viable processes that do not depend on sex. Even for the latter, it is only necessary to have an organ capable of gestation. Ways to favor mammogenesis and lactogenesis in trans* women have been established. There are protocols to promote lactation in trans* women, usually used for adoptive mothers or those whose children have been born through gestational surrogacy. Chestfeeding a baby could be the cause of feelings as diverse as gender dysphoria in the case of trans* men, and euphoria and affirmation of femininity in trans* women. This study involves a review of the available scientific literature addressing medical aspects related to pregnancy and lactation in trans* individuals, giving special attention to nursing care during perinatal care. There are scarce studies addressing care and specifically nursing care in trans* pregnancy and lactation. Our study indicates the factors that can be modified and the recommendations for optimizing the care provided to these individuals in order to promote and maintain the lactation period in search of improvement and satisfaction with the whole process. MDPI 2019-12-19 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6981677/ /pubmed/31861638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010044 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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