“…These mothers are often reliant on milk expression for long periods of time and are less likely to establish breastfeeding than mothers who deliver a healthy term infant (Bonet et al, 2011;Lee & Gould, 2009;Merewood, Brooks, Bauchner, MacAuley, & Mehta, 2006). Previous reviews on the effects of the relaxation therapy mainly involved patients in hospital (Kwekkeboom & Gretarsdottir, 2006;Pelekasis, Matsouka, & Koumarianou, 2016;van Dixhoorn & White, 2005), and to our knowledge, only one recent review has reported the effects of relaxation interventions in breastfeeding women (Fotiou et al, 2017). This review only included mothers of full-term infants, and their main focus was the influence on breastfeeding success including breastfeeding initiation and duration rates (Fotiou et al, 2017).…”