Expressed breast milk as 'connection' and its influence on the construction of 'motherhood' for mothers of preterm infants: a qualitative study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Breast milk is considered the optimal nutrition for all newborn infants. While there is high initiation of lactation among mothers of preterm infants in Australia, there is a rapid decline of continued lactation. Furthermore, there i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sweet Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
Online Access:http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/3/1/30