on items such as their comfort with "assisting a breastfeeding woman with the first latch on"; "discussing the benefits of breastfeeding and"describing your hospital's breastfeeding policies and procedures." to select their level of agreement with 15 statements reflecting attitudes on breastfeeding also on a Likert scale ranging from strongly agree (4) to strongly disagree(0). Statements included breastfeeding is best for most babies" ; formal discharge packs affect breastfeeding success"formula supplementation in the first 2 weeks of life is a cause of breastfeeding failure and "when a mother in my practice hasn't made a decision about infant feeding, I advocate breastfeeding