The effect of maternal mood on breastfeeding initiation and exclusivity is not clear. Gagliardi et al1 showed that even low levels of depressive symptoms detected by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale are negatively associated with breastfeeding. This prompted us to look at our data in Mother–Infant Care Study.2 3 In this comprehensive study, mothers voluntarily enrolled within 3 days post partum between July and October 2006 and followed. In the first interview, 577 mothers completed a questionnaire including maternal, gestational and neonatal characteristics, breastfeeding initiation time and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). Of these women, 298 mothers were available at 4–6 weeks post partum for a telephone interview and were questioned about the feeding …