Emotional support includes expressions of empathy, love, trust, caring, listening, esteem, and affect (House and Kahn, 1985). Positive emotional support was the second most often identified form of paternal support for breastfeeding identified by mothers. Additionally, mothers identified more specific examples of emotional support than any other form of positive support. Mothers often described the emotional support received from their partner as that which makes her feel that he cares about her and about breastfeeding.