Practice frequency(n) percent Initiation of BF   n=114   Within one hour 79 66.9 Between two to three hours 34 28.8 Days 1 0.8 Didn’t initiate BF 4 3.4 Reasons for late initiation      n=35   Caesarian section     18 51.4 Sickness of mother  2 5.7 Sickness of baby   5 14.3 Delayed milk secretion 10 28.6 Frequency of BF per day   n=114   Up to 7 times per day 6 5.3 >7 times/day   25 21.9 On demand      83 72.8

Table 2: Breastfeeding practice HIV positive mothers in selected health institutions of West Oromia, Ethiopia, May 2014.