Project Aims
This project has four broad aims:
- To understand the meaning bereaved mothers attribute to lactation, breastmilk, and breastmilk donation, and how decisions about lactation and donation may influence women’s grief and motherhood experiences.
- To examine perinatal and lactation healthcare provider’s policies and practices around lactation care and milk donation for women who experience infant death.
- To add new knowledge to the fields of reproductive tissue donation, sociological understandings of motherhood and grief and loss.
- To improve care delivery in Australia’s maternity, bereavement and milk banking services.