Negative maternal affect (eg, depression and anxiety) has been associated with shorter
breastfeeding duration and poorer breastfeeding intention, initiation, and exclusivity. Other …

Evidence supports the establishment of healthy feeding practices early in life to promote
lifelong healthy eating patterns protective against chronic disease such as obesity. Current …

Now in its second edition, Parenting Culture Studies seeks to understand how parenting is
taken as a particular mode of childrearing that reflects broader social trends. Ten years after …

This chapter outlines an 'intensification'of parenting: the process whereby child-rearing has
become a much more labour-intensive, demanding task. Drawing on work in the sociology …

Aims To examine the relationship between specific reasons for stopping breastfeeding and
depressive symptoms in the postnatal period. Background Difficulty breastfeeding has been …

Why has breastfeeding re-asserted itself over the last twenty years, and why are the
government, the scientific and medical communities, and so many mothers so invested in …

Following networks of mothers in London and Paris, the author profiles the narratives of
women who breastfeed their children to full term, typically a period of several years, as part …

In the United States, a healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy begins.
Public health messages encourage women of reproductive age to anticipate motherhood …

Socio-cultural studies have suggested that, even in societies where it is a commonplace
practice, infant feeding with formula milk can compromise women's identity as 'good …

Background Whilst 81% of UK women initiate breastfeeding, there is a steep decline in
breastfeeding rates during the early postnatal period, with just 55% of women breastfeeding …