'I decided to go back to work so I can afford to buy her formula': a longitudinal mixed-methods study to explore how women in informal work balance the competing demands of infant feeding and working to provide for their family.

Interventions are needed within the social and work environment to support mothers with breastfeeding while they continue earning an income in the informal economy. The extension of the CSG to the antenatal period could assist mothers to stay at home longer post-delivery to breastfeed their babies.