Negative experiences of breastfeeding beyond the infancy age of one year in public – a deductive content analysis of a cross-sectional global sample

The findings reaffirmed that there is a wider social stigma experienced by women breastfeeding beyond infancy in public. This highlights that women who continue to breastfeed are being shamed and blamed for their breastfeeding choices. More efforts are needed to address social and cultural challenges, with an increase in wider knowledge to support breastfeeding beyond infancy.