Dr. Fiona Dykes is Professor of Maternal and Infant Health; Director of Maternal & Infant Nutrition & Nurture Unit (MAINN) at University of Central Lancashire, UK.

• Introduction 1. The Birthing of the Production Line 2. Formulating Infant Feeding 3. Participating in Production 4. ‘It is so demanding’ – Breastfeeding as Labour 5. ‘Time to Care’ – Midwifery Work at the End of the Medical Production Line 6. Breastfeeding and Midwifery Work: Reconceptualising Bodies, Time and Relationships

'This book contributes significantly to our understanding of women’s experience and decisions about breastfeeding, What is particularly exciting about this work is that it gives new insight into the impact of the institution, a hospital postnatal ward, on women’s experience and decisions about feeding.' – Virginia Schmied, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dyke reveals that what occurs in hospital is the 'management' of what is seen as a vunerable mechanism for the transfer of a superior fluid, rather than the encouragement of a nurturing relationship between mother and baby. New Digest Mary Smale, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and Tutor

Dr. Fiona Dykes is Professor of Maternal and Infant Health; Director of Maternal & Infant Nutrition & Nurture Unit (MAINN) at University of Central Lancashire, UK.

• Introduction 1. The Birthing of the Production Line 2. Formulating Infant Feeding 3. Participating in Production 4. ‘It is so demanding’ – Breastfeeding as Labour 5. ‘Time to Care’ – Midwifery Work at the End of the Medical Production Line 6. Breastfeeding and Midwifery Work: Reconceptualising Bodies, Time and Relationships

'This book contributes significantly to our understanding of women’s experience and decisions about breastfeeding, What is particularly exciting about this work is that it gives new insight into the impact of the institution, a hospital postnatal ward, on women’s experience and decisions about feeding.' – Virginia Schmied, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dyke reveals that what occurs in hospital is the 'management' of what is seen as a vunerable mechanism for the transfer of a superior fluid, rather than the encouragement of a nurturing relationship between mother and baby. New Digest Mary Smale, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and Tutor

Dr. Fiona Dykes is Professor of Maternal and Infant Health; Director of Maternal & Infant Nutrition & Nurture Unit (MAINN) at University of Central Lancashire, UK.

• Introduction 1. The Birthing of the Production Line 2. Formulating Infant Feeding 3. Participating in Production 4. ‘It is so demanding’ – Breastfeeding as Labour 5. ‘Time to Care’ – Midwifery Work at the End of the Medical Production Line 6. Breastfeeding and Midwifery Work: Reconceptualising Bodies, Time and Relationships

'This book contributes significantly to our understanding of women’s experience and decisions about breastfeeding, What is particularly exciting about this work is that it gives new insight into the impact of the institution, a hospital postnatal ward, on women’s experience and decisions about feeding.' – Virginia Schmied, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dyke reveals that what occurs in hospital is the 'management' of what is seen as a vunerable mechanism for the transfer of a superior fluid, rather than the encouragement of a nurturing relationship between mother and baby. New Digest Mary Smale, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and Tutor