"I have faith in my milk": The meaning of milk for mothers of very low birth weight infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-365

  Rossman, Beverly ^a   Kratovil, Amanda L ^a   Greene, Michelle M ^a   Engstrom, Janet L ^a,b   Meier, Paula P ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Frontier Nursing University   (United States)

Author keywords

breast pumping; breastfeeding; faith; human milk; lactation care; meaning of milk; neonatal intensive care unit; premature infant; very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST MILK; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; BREAST PUMPING; BREASTFEEDING; FAITH; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LACTATION CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEANING OF MILK; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY;

BREAST PUMPING; BREASTFEEDING; FAITH; HUMAN MILK; LACTATION CARE; MEANING OF MILK; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREMATURE INFANT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84880345022     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413484552     Document Type: Article

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