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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of implementing the nursing intervention Breastfeeding Counseling (5244) in first‐time adolescent mothers and its effect on the knowledge and maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Randomized, controlled feasibility study with 166 first‐time mothers between 14 and 19 years of age, from 20 to 30 weeks of gestation, assigned to an experimental group (nursing intervention: breastfeeding counseling) or a control group (usual education plus nursing intervention not related to breastfeeding). The rate of abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding and the level of knowledge about breastfeeding were evaluated.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Findings</jats:title><jats:p>The inclusion was 91.7% (166/181), dropout during the intervention was 39.75% (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 66), and loss in the follow‐up was 8.43% (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 14). Compliance with the intervention protocol was 100%. The pregnant women and family members were satisfied with the intervention and perceived the health benefits for the mothers and their children. Outcome measures in the experimental group did not reveal a significant effect on breastfeeding abandonment rates at 2, 4, and 6 months postpartum, but they did manage to improve and maintain the level of knowledge about breastfeeding.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>It was found that it is feasible to implement the nursing intervention: “Breastfeeding counseling” in prenatal classes, achieving an increase in the level of knowledge about breastfeeding in adolescent mothers, but without a reduction in the rate of abandonment of breastfeeding. Nursing professionals need to know and address barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in adolescents.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Implications for nursing practice</jats:title><jats:p>The nursing intervention “Breastfeeding counseling (5244)” and the outcome “Knowledge: Breastfeeding (1800)” supported the processes of education and knowledge assessment on breastfeeding in pregnant adolescents, which should be instituted in perinatal nursing care.</jats:p></jats:sec>