‘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.

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Psychology and Health
Published
2026-03-11
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https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2026.2641811
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Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
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‘But your latch looks fine!’ Understanding women’s experiences with breastfeeding pain

Eva Neely, Octavia Calder-Dawe
Psychology and Health
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
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‘But your latch looks fine!’ Understanding women’s experiences with breastfeeding pain

Eva Neely, Octavia Calder-Dawe
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Abstract

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.

Psychology and Health
Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
Gender equality
Openalex Percentile: Top 26%
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
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