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. 2007 Mar 1;7:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-7-10

Table 2.

Women initiating breastfeeding at different points in time after birth.

n (%) n (cum. %)
Immediately 286 (39.3) 286 (39.3)
Within the first two hours 79 (10.9) 365 (50.2)
Within the first day 130 (17.9) 495 (68.1)
Within the second day 73 (10.0) 568 (78.1)
Within the third day 121 (16.6) 689 (94.7)
Not put to the breast within the three first days 27 (3.7)