Table 3.

Emerging themes and sub-themes.

Themes	Sub-themes
A desire for working mothers to continue the adherence to exclusive breastfeeding	Needing to return to the workplace soon after baby’s birth
	Psychological responses in the adherence to exclusive breastfeeding
Workplace support for breastfeeding mothers in the adherence to exclusive breastfeeding	Lack of support from employers and co-workers in the adherence to exclusive breastfeeding
	Lack of/partial implementation of breastfeeding policies in the workplace
An unsuitable workplace environment for the adherence to exclusive breastfeeding	Workplace not supportive for mothers’ having to express breastmilk
	Workplace not supportive for mothers’ having to store breastmilk