Breastfeeding Difficulties Predict Mothers' Bonding with Their Infants from Birth to Age Six Months.
Marissa C RothKathryn L HumphreysLucy S KingIan H GotlibThalia K RobakisPublished in: Maternal and child health journal (2021)
Our findings suggest that mothers who experience breastfeeding difficulties are at risk for reduced bonding with their infants in the first 6 months after birth. Moreover, while postnatal depressive symptoms are also associated with reduced bonding, the effect of breastfeeding difficulties on bonding persists over and above the effect of postnatal depressive symptoms.