Expectations and reality of infant feeding

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Expectations versus reality: Couples’ experiences of infant feeding

• IRAS ID

  141459

• Contact name

  Manpreet Bains

• Contact email

  manpreet.bains@nottingham.ac.uk

• Research summary

  The study will aim to explore first-time expectant mothers’ expectations of feeding their infant at birth and their actual experiences in the immediate postnatal period.
  Paired couples will be interviewed in the antenatal period, in order to discuss their expectations, which will then be mapped onto their actual experiences of infant feeding methods during a postnatal visit within the first 6 weeks postpartum. Other factors influencing a mothers success at achieving her desired outcome of infant feeding will also be explored, for example the role of the partner, maternal-fetal attachment, and support from important others.

• REC name

  East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  13/EM/0435

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Dec 2013

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion