Barb, you said:  "I give out an 8-day "Breastfeeding Diary" sheet to BF moms
at discharge.... I explain to the moms that the baby may feed more than 10
times and that isOK, but if it is getting close to 24 hours and he/she has
had only 6 or 7
feedings, she needs to wake the baby to get in at least 8 in 24 hours."

I would be very interested in the reference you are basing this
recommendation of 8 -- not 7 or 6 -- times in 24 hours on.  Is
'breastfeeding success' deemed to be so knife-edge that babies have to wake
up that extra time?  What age are these babies 'at discharge'?  Here, many
women go home at 6 hours, so most of the first 48 hours would be included.
I assume that you only include this period for the many babies you have born
after unmedicated births.

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK

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