Previous breastfeeding difficulties: an existential breastfeeding trauma with two intertwined pathways for future breastfeeding-fear and longing.

Women with previous breastfeeding difficulties may bring negative breastfeeding experiences with them, which are etched into the woman's being as a mother as an embodied memory. A lifeworld-led caring science perspective as a foundation for care can contribute to the development of caring practices, which grasp the existential nature of the breastfeeding trauma.