Table 2 Data Analysis Structure

Awareness of human milk management and a willingness to adopt it

This theme describes the participants’ perceptions and attitudes toward human milk management out of the hospital and that these perceptions and attitudes can be changed.

1 Perceptions and attitudes of human milk management

2 Mothers’ original perceptions and attitudes changed.

1 Descriptions of objective information related to human milk management

2 Descriptions of the subjective evaluation of human milk management and the resulting behavioral tendencies

The lack of standardization regarding expressing, storing, and transporting expressed human milk

This theme relates to the participants’ experiences in expressing, storing, and transporting expressed human milk.

1 Preparations before human milk expression

2 Devices for expressing human milk

3 Knowledge and understanding

1 Descriptions of cleaning and preparation before human milk expression

2 Descriptions of milk expression equipment and milk storage devices

3 Descriptions of any knowledge related to the human milk management process

The need for more external support

This theme describes the sources of support received and more external support is needed.

1 Descriptions of the sources of external support received.

2 Descriptions of the need of receiving more external support

1 Descriptions of sources that provided helpful information or action

2 Descriptions of desired information and action