Breastfeeding in Hospital

''Breast is best'' is today’s prevailing mantra. However, women – particularly first-time mothers – frequently feel unsupported when they come to feed their baby. This new experience often takes place in the impersonal and medicalized surroundings of a hospital maternity ward where women are ''seen to'' by overworked midwives.

Using a UK-based ethnographic study and interview material, this book p...