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Background: Breastfeeding self-efficacy is defined as the mother's perception that her milk supply is adequate. The stronger the sense of self-efficacy is the greater the mother's effort, insistence and strength to breastfeed is. Aim: In the present study, it was aimed to determine the perception of breastfeeding self-efficacy among women in the early postpartum period according to the delivery type. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between March 2018 and May 2018 in two hospitals located in the city center of Antalya, a province on the Mediterranean cost of Turkey. The population of the study consisted of 254 postpartum women who gave birth between the aforementioned dates in the aforementioned hospitals. The study data were collected with the ''Personal Information Form'' and ''Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale'' (BSES). In the analysis, in addition to the descriptive statistics, nonparametric tests (Kolomogorov-Smirnov, p<0.05) were used because numerical variables were not distributed normally. Results: The mean age of the participating mothers was 27.92 ± 3.91 years, the mean number of pregnancies was 1.96 ± 1.00, the mean number of childbirths was 1.83 ± 0.84, the number of living children was 1.74 ± 0.79 and the mean baby birth weight was 3148.66 ± 274.28 gr. Conclusions: In this descriptive study conducted to assess breastfeeding self-efficacy of women in the early postpartum period, it was determined that of the socio-demographic characteristics, educational status, employment status and economic status, and of the pregnancy characteristics, prenatal care status, time of first breastfeeding and the currently preferred feeding method affected the mothers' self-efficacy.