[Retracted] A Survey of Home Delivery and Newborn Care Practices among Women in a Suburban Area of Western Nigeria

Table 4

Type and timing of first feed.

Newborn’s first feed	Number of newborns	Percentage
Breast milk/colostrum	290	96.7
Breast milk from other woman	1	0.3
Glucose water	5	1.7
Plain water	2	0.7
Formula feed	2	0.7
Time to breast-feed
Immediately after birth	15	5.0
≤15 minutes	45	15.0
≤30 minutes	90	30.0
≤60 minutes	196	65.3
≤24 hours	287	95.7
≤48 hours	293	97.7
≥48 hours	300	100.0