Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Facilitators and barriers to establishing lactation among women with diabetes?
Authors' conclusion
Women with diabetes report further challenges establishing breastfeeding due to delayed lactogenesis ll (secretory activation), hypoglycaemia and self-efficacy challenges. Given the adverse health risks for mother and infant associated with not breastfeeding, women with diabetes require individualised person-centred lactation care plans to maximise their opportunity to experience a successful breastfeeding journey.
Study context
- Population
- Postpartum women with diabetes in pregnancy
- Participants
- 13 postpartum women
- Outcome
- Facilitators and barriers to establishing lactation
Methodological detailsface-to-face semi-structured interviews, inductive, data-driven content analysis, COREQ guidelines
- Face-to-face semi-structured interviews
- Inductive, data-driven content analysis
- COREQ guidelines
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Facilitators: antenatal colostrum harvesting and support from health care professionals
- Barriers: emotional self-efficacy challenges and lack of support from healthcare professionals in hospital
Original publication
Facilitators and barriers to establishing lactation among women with diabetes? Diabet Med. Published 11 April 2025. doi:10.
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