Abstract
The reasons for counselling of the mothers were the inability to breastfeed their babies (39 %), concerns about inadequacy of her breast milk (28 %), insufficient weight gain (20 %), and excessive crying, and restlessness of their babies (10 %). Majority of the mothers (95.6 %) were informed about the mechanism of breastfeeding, composition of the breast milk, breast care, technique of breastfeeding, pumping, and storing breast milk, and 94.4 % them gained, and improved their skills about milking their breast manually or with vacuum device, complementary formula feeding, and correct positioning of the baby for breastfeeding. Mothers (84.4 %) were supported psychologically so as to gain their self-confidence. The applicant mothers were followed-up at least once (44.9 %) or two times (55.1 %). Of all infants 35.2 % were noted that they were successfully breast-fed. Conclusion: A breast-feeding counselling clinic may help to solve problems encountered during lactation.
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