I am a military nurse and Lactation Specialist in Okinawa Japan. A local Japanese hospital has asked us to help them with their breastfeeding protocol. I am working with our Research Utilization Team (RUT) on answering the following questions: How often should a baby be fed in the initial postpartum stage ie first 24 hours? If you are excepting the idea cluster feedings how long is too long in between feedings? I need research articles or master's or doctoral thesis. The RUT wants primarily peer reviewed journals. The board consists of Physicians, Nurses, Advance Practice Nurses and not all with experience in breastfeeding. There will be one LC on the panel. I have the WHO bibliography for the 10 steps and several of those articles but I need more current research, ideally in the last five years. Thank you very much for your help on this. Mandi Porta, RN *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html