Care in breastfeeding guidance clinic by midwife

Focus on care of the last stages of breastfeeding

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to show and determine what care and guidance midwives provide to mothers who are in the last stage of breastfeeding.
Method
In a counseling room of a municipal polyclinic hospital in Tokyo, 9 observations were made of 2 midwives who offered care and guidance on how to stop breastfeeding and 3 mothers who visited the room.
Results
The result of the observations was analyzed and classified into 239 topics according to their contents. These topics were roughly arranged in these 3 categories: 1) encouraging mothers (42.3%), 2) relieving mothers' anxiety (52.9%) and 3) observing mothers with due care and attention (4.8%).
Conclusion
Through the care and guidance of midwives, mothers came to think of them as a doula, which finally promoted the mothers to solve their problems by themselves. It follows that this suggests the care is indispensable not only in the stage of stopping breastfeeding, but also through breastfeeding. So it suggests it is in need of breastfeeding guidance clinic