because the vast majority of the participants in this study (Brown et al. 2011) had already ceased to breastfeed (the data was collected at 6-24 months after birth) and may be subject to recall bias or because the participants who had successfully breastfed had worked to overcome embarrassment at feeding in public. Further, incidents of dissonance allowed me to identify areas for further research. For example, three UK studies found that women felt let down after discharge from hospital (Condon et al. 2013, Ingram et al. 2008, Spear 2006); because there was little continued support for breastfeeding after the immediate post-partum period. Conversely, six studies, including two of the former (Noble-Carr and Bell 2012, Condon et al. 2013, Ingram et al. 2008, Nelson and Sethi 2005, Dykes et al. 2003) also found that health care professionals (hcps) were often considered to give impractical, conflicting or unhelpful advice and/or that health care professional advice was rarely sought. This suggests that the relationship between a young mother and her health care provider was influenced by more than the services on offer and the health care professional herself. The third step in the production of the meta-synthesis was to examine the themes which were drawn out by the above compare and contrast exercises and to develop new insights by reading across the findings to produce a "synthesis of translation" (Walsh and Downe 2005). Broadly, the findings of the meta-synthesis were grouped into three main categories or overarching themes. The first was the influences of others on breastfeeding; who and what influence the mother and how and when their input is important. The second overarching theme was the physicality of breastfeeding, pain, sleep and physical work. The third overarching theme was the moral and emotional domains of breastfeeding, all of which are discussed in detail below.
because the vast majority of the participants in this study (Brown et al. 2011) had already ceased to breastfeed (the data was collected at 6-24 months after birth) and may be subject to recall bias or because the participants who had successfully breastfed had worked to overcome embarrassment at feeding in public. Further, incidents of dissonance allowed me to identify areas for further research. For example, three UK studies found that women felt let down after discharge from hospital (Condon et al. 2013, Ingram et al. 2008, Spear 2006); because there was little continued support for breastfeeding after the immediate post-partum period. Conversely, six studies, including two of the former (Noble-Carr and Bell 2012, Condon et al. 2013, Ingram et al. 2008, Nelson and Sethi 2005, Dykes et al. 2003) also found that health care professionals (hcps) were often considered to give impractical, conflicting or unhelpful advice and/or that health care professional advice was rarely sought. This suggests that the relationship between a young mother and her health care provider was influenced by more than the services on offer and the health care professional herself. The third step in the production of the meta-synthesis was to examine the themes which were drawn out by the above compare and contrast exercises and to develop new insights by reading across the findings to produce a "synthesis of translation" (Walsh and Downe 2005). Broadly, the findings of the meta-synthesis were grouped into three main categories or overarching themes. The first was the influences of others on breastfeeding; who and what influence the mother and how and when their input is important. The second overarching theme was the physicality of breastfeeding, pain, sleep and physical work. The third overarching theme was the moral and emotional domains of breastfeeding, all of which are discussed in detail below.
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