Back Issue Vol 13 No 1 March 2005
Milk removal from the breast. Donna T Ramsay and Peter E Hartmann
- Abstract: Abstract not available
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Breastfeeding Review: 13(1): 5-7
- Lactation courses and other events
- Latch and the fear response: overcoming an obstacle to successfull breastfeeding. Virginia Thorley.
Abstract: A cringe response, born of fear of anticipated nipple pain, creates behaviours that undermine comfortable latch of baby at breast, resulting in the pain the women feared. Fear is an important response in human survival but sometimes the behaviours resulting from the fear are inappropriate. This case study discusses the psychological processes and specific physical responses observed in a woman who is experiencing nipple pain during breastfeeding. It describes steps that can be taken to assist the mother in identifying what she is doing, educating her about the processes involved, and providing her with strategies to override the inappropriate response.
Keywords: breastfeeding, nipple pain, fear, conditioned response, flinch or freeze response
Breastfeeding Review: 13(1): 9-11
- The challenge of mastitis. C. Michie, F Lockie and W Lynn.
Reprinted from Arch Dis Child 2003, 88: 818-821
Abstract: The process of lactation and feeding, referred to by some as the final stage of labour is remarkably successful. This phase of infant care has been subjected to considerable evolutionary pressure since the earliest mammals, reptiles and birds diversified. It has allowed thousands of species to occupy a vast range of ecological niches. Yet a significant complication of breast feeding remains inflammation of the lactating tissue: the pathology of mastitis. Mastitis rarely develops outside lactation, although it may affect individuals at any age in relation to congenital lesions such as duct ectasia, chronic disseminated infections such as tuberculosis, or during granulomatous, autoimmune or malignant processes. The immunology and consequences of mastitis as well as its impact on vertical transmission of infection require careful examination.
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Breastfeeding Review: 13(1): 13-16
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