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Constructing Compatibility: Managing Breast-Feeding and Weaning from the Mother’s Perspective

Yvonne L. Hauck

School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.

Vera F. Irurita

School of Nursing, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.

The purpose of this grounded theory study was to analyze the maternal process of managing the later stages of established breast-feeding and, ultimately, weaning the child from the breast within a Western Australian context. Data were analyzed from 33 participants’interview transcripts, field notes, 9 postal questionnaires from fathers, and individual and discussion group interviews with child health nurses. A common social problem of incompatible expectations was revealed. All participants faced a dilemma in the management of their experience when personal expectations were in opposition to others’ expectations. A process of Constructing Compatibility by Adapting Focus was adopted to compensate for this incompatibility.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 12, No. 7, 897-914 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/104973202129120340
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