The Mother's Life Experience from First Breastfeeding

According to the psychologists’ findings, maternal motivation is one of the most important and a powerful motivation that manifests in women in various forms and depends on the culture and way of each society. The mother's interest in feeding, keeping, caring, sad and loving the child called mother's motive. Despite numerous studies on breastfeeding, the first experience of breast feeding didn’t assess in Iran, and its necessary to know mother's viewpoint. Therefore, this study aims to explain the first experience of breastfeeding mothers to the infant.
Material & In this qualitative study, the 25 mothers who had the first breast feeding experience and hospitalized at the maternity ward in 2011 were selected. Semi-structured interviews were conducted. All handwritten interviews were analyzed using "content analysis" method.
The main theme of this study was "The glorious bond between mother and infant" With sub-themes "Sense of mother's responsibility "and" communication with the child ". In this study, mothers described the first breast feeding as a enjoyable experience. They believed that they had a sense of duty and motherhood with a hug and feeding their baby. It is in this connection that the mother takes responsibility for the child's development and growth and she expresses interest in her baby.
Breast feeding is a demonstration of the most magnificent links of discussion and the most delicate form of protection of the physical, psychological and emotional health of the child and it has been mentioned in the culture of Islam as a worthy worship. It is hoped that the promotion of breastfeeding will be an endeavor to healthy the world of children and to participate in a lucrative livelihood investment for the future of the human community.