Compared with usual care, breastfeeding support provided by a healthcare worker or a layperson probably reduces the number of women who stop either partial or exclusive breastfeeding by four to six weeks or by six months after birth (moderate‐certainty evidence). Not enough information is available about possible harms of support during breastfeeding. Cochrane Review (published February 2017); 100 studies with data from 73 studies involving 74,656 healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies. Studies compared support (such as reassurance, praise, information, and discussion of the mother's questions) with usual care in outpatient settings.
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