Despite there being no difference in overall breastfeeding outcomes in our study, the secondary qualitative findings were very positive towards our lactation support intervention. Par- ticipants described an enhanced sense of encouragement and reassurance, increased motivation and empowerment to continue breastfeeding, and an enhanced sense of emotional wellbeing. Mothers in the intervention group felt overall more confident with breastfeeding in comparison to those in the control group. This is crucial as maternal confidence is a strong pre- dictor of breastfeeding outcome [10], with lack of confidence leading to a higher likelihood of weaning in the first 6 weeks post-partum [23]. In the control group, most participants recog- nized that the support provided by nurses and physicians was limited. This is consistent with other studies showing that physicians and residents lack the skills to offer proper guidance to lactating mothers