Breastfeeding Trauma: How Can We Recognise and Support Mothers Who Wanted to Breastfeed but Were Unable to Meet Their Goals?
It is recognised that women can experience feelings of guilt, unhappiness and anger when they cannot meet their breastfeeding goals. Breastfeeding difficulties leading to early cessation are a risk factor for postnatal depression. However, research has not previously examined these feelings of loss and distress in relation to clinical models of trauma.
From a research study exploring the experiences of over 3000 women who stopped breastfeeding before they were ready and held negative emotions around this decision, I argue that a subset of these women are displaying symptoms of clinical trauma in relation to their experience. The trauma stems from physical experiences of a difficult breastfeeding experience, but also the loss of a much-desired breastfeeding relationship. The combination of these events leaves the individual traumatised and understandably reactive to the topic of breastfeeding.
Trauma models identify numerous emotions and behaviours that individuals typically display when they have been traumatised by an event. These include recurrent distressing recollections of the events, intense psychological distress at exposure to reminders of the event and efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings or activities that remind one of the event.
This lecture was originally offered as part of the GOLD Lactation Alumni Presentations 2018 Package..
Professor Amy Brown is based in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences at Swansea University in the UK. With a background in psychology, she has spent the last thirteen years exploring psychological, cultural and societal influences upon infant feeding decisions in the first year. Her research seeks to understand how we can shift our perception of how babies are fed away from an individual mothering issue to a wider public health problem – with societal level solutions. Dr Brown has published over 60 papers exploring the barriers women face in feeding their baby during the first year. She is a mother to three human children and three book babies: Breastfeeding Uncovered: Who really decides how we feed our babies, Why starting solids matters, and The Positive Breastfeeding Book: Everything you need to feed your baby with confidence. She is a regular blogger, aiming to change the way we think about breastfeeding, mothering and caring for our babies.
Topic: Breastfeeding Trauma: How Can We Recognise and Support Mothers Who Wanted to Breastfeed but Were Unable to Meet Their Goals? - [View Abstract]
Topic: How Can We Better Support Mothers Don’t Meet Their Breastfeeding Goals? - [View Abstract]
Topic: What Do Normal Infant Feeding Patterns Really Look Like? - [View Abstract]
Objective 1: To examine the wider psychological concept of trauma;
Objective 2: To understand how women feel when they want to breastfeed but cannot;
Objective 3: To consider how women's experiences of not being able to breastfeed fit trauma theory;
Objective 4: To explore how women experiencing breastfeeding trauma can best be supported.
It is recognised that women can experience feelings of guilt, unhappiness and anger when they cannot meet their breastfeeding goals. Breastfeeding difficulties leading to early cessation are a risk factor for postnatal depression. However, research has not previously examined these feelings of loss and distress in relation to clinical models of trauma.
From a research study exploring the experiences of over 3000 women who stopped breastfeeding before they were ready and held negative emotions around this decision, I argue that a subset of these women are displaying symptoms of clinical trauma in relation to their experience. The trauma stems from physical experiences of a difficult breastfeeding experience, but also the loss of a much-desired breastfeeding relationship. The combination of these events leaves the individual traumatised and understandably reactive to the topic of breastfeeding.
Trauma models identify numerous emotions and behaviours that individuals typically display when they have been traumatised by an event. These include recurrent distressing recollections of the events, intense psychological distress at exposure to reminders of the event and efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings or activities that remind one of the event.
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(IBCLC) Education and Communication, (IBCLC) Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology, (IBCLC) Public Health and Advocacy, Trauma & Breastfeeding
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