Breast Engorgement: Patterns and Selected Outcomes

Author:

Humenick Sharron S.1,Hill Pamela D.2,Anderson Mary Ann3

Affiliation:

1. School of Nursing at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

2. University of Illiniois at Chicago, Quad-Cities Program, Rock Island, Illinois.

3. Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Quad-Cities Program, Rock Island, Illinois.

Abstract

For 14 days following birth, 114 breastfeeding mothers rated their level of breast engorgement twice daily, using a six-point engorgement scale. Individual engorgement ratings were plotted by intensity over time to provide a visual display of each subject's breast engorgement experience. Four distinct patterns of breast engorgement emerged; mothers experienced either a bell-shaped pattern, a multi-modal pattern, a pattern of intense engorgement, or a pattern of minimal engorgement. Characteristics of mothers and infants, and feeding frequency were similar across the four breast engorgement patterns.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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