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Feeding An Infant With Tongue-Tie: A Phenomenological Study

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Edmunds, Fulbrook, and Miles (2013) published a qualitative phenomenological study named
“Understanding the Experiences of Mothers Who are Breastfeeding an Infant with Tongue-Tie: A
Phenomenological Study”. The research study was conducted in order to determine what it is like to breastfeed an infant with tongue tie using critical appraisal of subjective experiences of the mothers before and after frenotomy. Ankyloglossia (Tongue-tie) is a “congenital condition characterized by an abnormally short, thickened, or tight lingual frenulum or an anterior attachment of the lingual frenulum that restricts mobility of the tongue” (AHRQ, 2015 Pg. 1). This condition prevents infants from properly latching on breasts causing mothers to experience …show more content…

By not citing literature on Ankyglossia which argue that tongue-tie does not limit infants feeding or caused severe painful breastfeeding experience shows researchers’ bias. As a result, it limits research credibility. In conclusion, the researchers used literature to establish the significance of the study by noting the gap in preceding tongue-tie research studies that ignores subjective experiences of mothers who breastfed tongue-tie infants.

Theoretical Frameworks The research study did not clearly identify the any clinical framework.

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Edmunds, et al., (2013) study is a qualitative research that utilized hermeneutic phenomenological design. The aim of the study was to measure subjective experience this design is appropriate because it shares the focus of the study, which is exploring experiences of mothers who breastfed tongue-tie infants. This design helps authors make sense of mothers’ experience and interpret the meaning they gave to this experiences. Edmund Husserl is a German Mathematician who founded the philosophical movement of phenomenology (Rainer, 2012). He developed this descriptive concept for measurement of everyday experiences while bracketing preconceived …show more content…

The length of this interview provide enough time for the investigators to gain in-depth of information and creates supportive environment that is needed particularly where emotional issues is at stake. The interview and conversation was stopped when participant acknowledge that they have nothing else to share. The authors kept a journal where findings were reported robustly with the inclusion of direct quotes from the participants. Appropriate questions were asked targeted at mothers’ experiences about breastfeeding. The open ended questions used efficiently met research aim despite the fact that no balance was maintain with close ended questions. The article lack detail information on validity and reliability of the questions used for the interview. Following the interview, information was digitally recorded data collected and transcribed verbatim. Using the verbatim, authors analyzed responses then came up with several themes that describe key issues discussed by the participants related to the experiences of breastfeeding tongue-tie

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