Abstract
Objective: To know the social representations of human milk donors about breastfeeding. Methods: Qualitative research with 30 human milk donors, using the Theory of Social Representations, by the content analysis method, and quantitative variables by the SPSS statistical package. Results: Women were between 18 and 44 years old, 96.7% had a partner, average donation time was 155 days, highest donated volume was 88 liters, average breastfeeding time was 371 days. The theme breastfeeding experience emerged from the speeches of women with their categories: the history of breastfeeding in the family, the good side of breastfeeding, breastfeeding challenges, human milk is unique and produce enough milk, have enough. Conclusion: Women who breastfed for long periods adhered to the donation of their surplus milk. Their social representations about breastfeeding were built by overcoming the difficulties arising from this process and by being able to experience the good side of breastfeeding.