Breast milk is known to be the best choice when in comes to the growth and development of a child. Besides having numerous benefits on the child´s health, it contributes to the mother´s wellbeing and health as well. Not only immediatly after the birth but also later in life, when they are elderly. The World´s Health Organization (WHO) and the UNICEF support many initiatives in order to raise awarness among people and in order to incentivate more and more women to breast feed. The main goal of this final paper,is to estimate through an anonymous survey, the motivation of women from the Dubrovacko -Neretvanska county to breastfeed their child. Previous experiences, knowledge, thougths and the motivation itself were examinated. It has resulted that women from this County are well informed about breastfeeding, the possible complications it brings and the methods there are to cure the later. However a reasonable number of them feels that a better education and support from the medical staff would be needed. The results show that the main source of information for 42% are the media, wherheas for 31% it happends to be their mother or friend. As far as motivation goes, the questionnaire has shown that it is excellent. Approximately 93% of women plan to breastfeed their child for at least 6 months. For 85% of the respondents the family sorrounding brings sufficient support , moreover for 68% of pregnant women the greatest support is to be found in their partner.