Similar to mothers, positive emotional support was the second most often identified form of paternal support for breastfeeding identified by fathers; additionally, fathers provided more examples of specific forms of positive emotional support than of any other type of support. Parallel to mothers, four sub-themes emerged when discussing positive emotional support with fathers including encouragement and motivation, partnership, empathy and caring, and a favorable environment. Table 9 presents the number of fathers identifying each sub-theme and code under positive emotional paternal support. These themes are presented in more detail below.