title: [Mother-friendly childbirth practices and breastfeeding].
abstract: Childbirth, connecting the stages of pregnancy and postpartum, deeply affects maternal motivation with regard to initiating and continuing postnatal breastfeeding and ultimate breastfeeding success. Although promoting breastfeeding is a strategy critical to achieving wellbeing in both mothers and infants, there remains a lack of professional attention and related research into the effect of childbirth on breastfeeding. Promoting successful breastfeeding is a central component of childbirth-friendly nursing care. Therefore, this paper introduces the origin and concepts of mother-and-infant-friendly childbirth, then analyzes the influences on breastfeeding of medicalized birth practices and suggests how to implement childbirth-friendly interventions. This paper was written to help nurses better understand how the childbirth process affects breastfeeding and provide a reference for creating conditions during childbirth that encourage successful breastfeeding practices.
authors: School of Nursing, China Medical University, ROC.
authors: Ya-Wen
authors: YW
authors: Lin
authors: Ya-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Tzeng
authors: Ya-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D036801:Parturition; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: breastfeeding; childbirth practices; childbirth-friendly; medicalization