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The impact of problematic breastfeeding on woman's psyche
MELÁNOVÁ, Hana
The Bachelor thesis deals with the issue of breastfeeding and consequential complications in connection with women's psyche. The theoretical part consists of two main areas. In the first one the physiology of lactation is described, the principles of initiation of breastfeeding after a birth so as to ensure the optimal start and further course of lactation and also the most common problems that may occur during breastfeeding. The second area focuses on the psyche of women after childbirth and deals with the psychological disorders. The research part of the Bachelor's thesis dealt with the experience of women with problematic breastfeeding in relation to their body. There were set two basic objectives. The first one was to determine the impact of the problem with breastfeeding on the psyche of women and the second one was to find out, whom women solve problems with breastfeeding with. Two research questions came out of these two goals. The first examined the manner how breastfeeding problems affect the psyche of women. The second, with whom women address the problem of breastfeeding and where they usually seek for help. For the implementation of the research investigation was used the method of qualitative research investigation. Data collection was carried out by a structured interview. The content analysis was performed, then the processing of the acquired data was made by categorization. The answers of respondents were arranged in one category (The way of Nutrition-Breastfeeding) and 8 subcategories (the choice of the way of nutrition, family, Opinion, women's Awareness, a preparation for breastfeeding, a breastfeeding, an access to Course/PA, breastfeeding problems, feelings of women). The most important fact were processed for clarity to diagrams and categorization tables. In the description of results direct testimony of respondents were used. Research file consists of women in a period of 6 months after childbirth, where problems with breastfeeding appeared. All 8 women voluntarily agreed to participate in this research. The talks took place in the domestic environment of women in the agreed time during the March 2015. The women came from the District of Strakonice, Prachatice and Písek. From the research investigation it is obvious that women are aware of the benefits that breastfeeding brings and therefore they prefer breastfeeding as the best way of a child's nutrition. But the preparation for breastfeeding is often underestimated already in the pregnancy, thus women are not prepared to any complications. This work showed that the psychology of women after childbirth is very fragile and problematic breastfeeding, when mothers cannot adequately and fully feed their babies with breast milk, is a situation that has a negative impact on their mental state. Women almost identically felt that as their failure, which was accompanied by disappointment, sadness, hopelessness, exhaustion, stress, etc. One could say that the rate of psychological problems was directly proportional to the desire for long-term breastfeeding of a child. The interview with respondents revealed several factors that negatively affected the course of lactation as a lack of theoretical and practical training on breastfeeding in pregnancy, information about breastfeeding in women in general, a lack of support from health care professionals in maternity hospitals, exaggerated expectation from nursing women or improper communication with the mothers in case of an assistance in overcoming the difficulties after the release from the hospital and also a lack of support from the family side. The solution lies in particular in the awareness of women and their families, support of self esteem of women during pregnancy, the prevention of potential problems and high-quality breastfeeding advice either in a maternity hospital or in a home environment. When women faced an issue of breastfeeding and looked for help, all of them mentioned they used almost
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