Av Eva-Lotta Funkquist
Upp till 34% av alla kvinnor som fött barn uppger att förlossningen har varit traumatisk. I en en studie ville man undersöka hur dessa kvinnor upplevde att det var att amma. Åtta olika teman kom fram som delade upp sig i två helt skilda spår (se figur).
Det ena spåret innebär att amningen ingick i en sorts läkning.
I had failed in my first task as a mother, to carry her to term. I had lost so much because of the of her premature birth that I was going to be damned to hell before I was going to give up on nursing her, especially before it even started.
Medan amningen i det andra spåret sågs som en sorts förlängning av förlossningstraumat. Det fanns ett behov av att återta kroppen.
Probably the worst time was breastfeeding at night. I would be half awake, half dreaming and I would have flashback and dreams (or hallucinate?) that my breast would turn into the face of a witch and cackel and laugh menacingly at me. Other times, my daughter's face would turn into the witch and try to eat my breast off.
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