In the control group, mothers reflected on the adequacy of lactation sup- port while admitted to hospital. Feedback on the support offered in hospital was negative. Par- ticipants described a lack of support and knowledge from the healthcare providers. Most participants also expressed uncertainty in terms of their breastfeeding practices. The following quotations illustrate this reservation:
We were just not sure if we were feeding enough or not, but that was not a question the nurses could answer because they could only tell by the poop—that is what I heard. After that I stopped asking questions.
If I could have had somebody like that to advocate for me a little bit on the breastfeeding side, if the doctors or even the nursing staff could have a little more knowledge about that and un- derstanding, even just for the mother’s case, that sitting there without any way to feed or even pump is just not good for your milk supply.