First Breastfeed: The Sooner The Better

This is a fascinating look at early postpartum breastfeeding using a survey of Japanese breastfeeding mothers. Breastfeeding within the first two hours made mothers more successful at breastfeeding.

From the International Breastfeeding Journal website:

The time of first breastfeeding up to 120 minutes was significantly associated with the proportion of mothers fully breastfeeding during their stay in the clinic/hospital (p = 0.006), at one month (p = 0.004) and at four months after birth (p = 0.003). There was no significant difference in the proportion of full breastfeeding in mothers who first breastfed between the period of less 30 minutes after birth and that of between 31 and 120 minutes after birth.