‘But your latch looks fine!’ Understanding women’s experiences with breastfeeding pain
Material, affective, and discursive forces converge to constrain the articulation of feeding pain and limit access to support. We call for greater acknowledgement of these realities and for critical examination of the cultural assumptions that intensify this often-silenced experience.
Authors
- Eva Neely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9491-6631)
- Octavia Calder-Dawe
Institutions
- Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychology and Health
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2026.2641811
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00