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Description of  Negotiated Breastfeeding: Holistic Postpartum Care and Embodied Parenting (Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction)

Based on an ethnography of postpartum consultations by independent midwives in Switzerland, this book produces unique insights into home-birth parents breastfeeding journey from the first hours after birth to weaning. Considered the "natural" continuity of childbirth without intervention, breastfeeding is a fundamental component of the holistic, continuous and individualised care independent midwives provide as they engage with parents in a shared construction of meaning around breastfeeding. Read more