Why Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter

By: Brown, Amy

A startlingly large number of women who want to breastfeed have to stop before they are ready, leaving them feeling a range of negative emotions, including grief, anger, guilt, shame and frustration, and often blaming themselves. But in a society that places little value on breastfeeding and mothers' feelings, their painful stories are often swept under the carpet to the detriment of women's mental health and experience of new motherhood.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780666152
• ISBN13: 9781780666150
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.7"