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abstract: 'Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people were
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asked by their state and local governments not to go to work and not
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leave the house unless they had to. The goal of this qualitative study
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was to collect the lived experiences of a small group of parents and
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lactation professionals in the United States about what it was like to
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feed babies human milk under these conditions of quarantine. Methods
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This project is a social constructionist analysis of lactation
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narratives of 24 parents feeding their children human milk and 13
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lactation professionals. They were interviewed remotely in 2020-21 via
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videoconferencing about their experiences and perspectives on the
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pandemic''s effect on lactation. Additionally, photographs of 16 of the
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parents are provided to visualize their practices and how they chose to
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represent them. Results Four interrelated themes were identified in
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participants'' narratives about how they experienced and made sense of
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human milk feeding during the pandemic: the loneliness of lactation
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during the pandemic, the construction of human milk as a resource to
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cope with the crisis, the (in)visibility of lactation amidst heightened
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multitasking, and the sense of connection created by human milk feeding
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at a time of unprecedented solitude. Conclusions While the pandemic may
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have had both positive and negative effects on lactation, it exposed
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continuing inequities in infant feeding, generating new forms of
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(in)visibility for lactating labor. Going forward, one lesson for policy
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and lawmakers may be that to adequately support lactation, they should
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take cues from the families who had positive experiences during the
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crisis. This would call for systemically overhauling of US laws and
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policies by guaranteeing: universal basic income, paid parental leave
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for at least six months, paid lactation leaves and breaks, affordable
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housing, universal health care, subsidized childcare programs, and equal
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access to high-quality, non-discriminatory, and culturally appropriate
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medical care-including lactation counseling-, among other initiatives.'
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affiliation: 'Cohen, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Connecticut, Sch Law, Hartford,
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CT 06105 USA.
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Cohen, Mathilde, Univ Connecticut, Sch Law, Hartford, CT 06105 USA.'
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article-number: '22'
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author: Cohen, Mathilde and Botz, Corinne
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author-email: mathilde.cohen@uconn.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Cohen
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given: Mathilde
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- family: Botz
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given: Corinne
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/s13006-022-00451-2
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files: []
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issn: 1746-4358
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journal: INTERNATIONAL BREASTFEEDING JOURNAL
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keywords: 'Breastfeeding; Lactation; Pandemic; COVID-19; Gender inequality;
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Parenting; Human milk feeding; Milk sharing; Donor human milk'
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language: English
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month: MAR 21
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '72'
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orcid-numbers: Cohen, Mathilde/0000-0002-8882-1211
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papis_id: 724b9bb248e2cab64a84fc35cb00d29d
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ref: Cohen2022lactationquarantine
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times-cited: '3'
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title: 'Lactation in quarantine: The (in)visibility of human milk feeding during the
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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000771542600001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '3'
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volume: '17'
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web-of-science-categories: Obstetrics \& Gynecology; Pediatrics
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year: '2022'
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