Introduction. As it is commonly known, feeding a child with breast milk brings a number of long-term, but also immediate benefits. These are both benefits for the newborn and for the nursing mother. The phenomenon of woman’s milk is that it is a unique substance adapted to the nutritional needs of the newborn and the infant. At the same time, the mother's milk ensures appropriate psychophysical, cognitive and emotional development as well as a protective function for the body of a newborn baby. Aim. The objective of the thesis was to analyze the state of knowledge of mothers in childbirth on the phenomenon of woman’s milk. In addition, special attention was paid to mothers' awareness of breastfeeding. Results. 40,7% of surveyed women were interested in the subject of breastfeeding before the pregnancy, 43,3% of women started to reach for the information during the pregnancy, while 16% only after the childbirth. 61,3% of women fed the child naturally up to 6 months, 48,6% fed the child up to 1 year of age and 22% of the respondents fed the child longer than 1 year. The most frequent difficulties reported by women were: nipples sore (64,7%), insufficient milk supply (36,7%), difficulties with latching on the newborn properly to a breast (23,3%) and breast fullness (20,7%). Conclusions. The earlier the woman began to acquire her knowledge in the field of breastfeeding, the presented level of evaluation was higher. In addition, the time of breastfeeding increased depending on the educational level of the respondents.

Key words: breastfeeding, infants, women in childbirth.