"She was hungry" - Croatian mothers' reasons for supplementing their healthy, term babies with formula during the birth hospitalisation.

Croatian mothers want to breastfeed, but often feel unsupported in doing so in the maternity hospital setting. Antenatal education of expectant mothers, training of maternity staff in breastfeeding counselling, with a strong emphasis on communication skills, as well as employment of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants and/or volunteer breastfeeding counsellors, was perceived by participants as a way to decrease mothers' requests for formula for their healthy, newborn infants.