>Step 4 of UNICEF's Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative states: Help Mothers initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth (in all other nations than the US, it's 30 minutes; the time parameter here is 60 minutes, I am not sure why--and this, BTW, was the only change made in the TEn Steps for the US).< For information: In the UK Step 4 now reads 'Help mothers initiate breastfeeding soon after birth' and the only time measure mentioned is that 'skin contact is expected to be uniterrrupted for at least half a n hour and ideally longer'. I recall that this was done becasue there was a lot of concern that we were finally moving away from lots of 'timing' rules (e.g. 10 minutes a side) and the original Step 4 wording introduced an new measure of time to impose of the primary feeding experience. Magda Sachs Breastfeeding Supporter (and sometime BFI lay assessor), BfN, UK *********************************************** 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