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Violence Against Women and the Perinatal PeriodThe Impact of Lifetime Violence and Abuse on Pregnancy, Postpartum, and BreastfeedingFamily Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire Violence against women affects millions of women, including women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. During pregnancy, a woman's history of past abuse increases her risk of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. And these increase the risk of pregnancy and neonatal complications. Women who have experienced past or current abuse are also at high risk for postpartum depression, which can affect their relationships with other adults and their babies. Violence against women can also affect women's ability to breastfeed, although abuse survivors often express an intention to breastfeed and are more likely to initiate breastfeeding than their nonabused counterparts. Current abuse, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, social isolation, lack of social support, and cessation of breastfeeding all have negative health effects for mothers and babies.
Key Words: breastfeeding • child sexual abuse • intimate partner violence • postpartum depression
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Vol. 8, No. 3,
344-353 (2007) This article has been cited by other articles:
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