Not exact matches
My own disclaimer, for Alan's benefit: both my kids were born via c - section, skipped the
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact in favor of closing the surgery, roomed in, and were breastfed without any formula.
I spoke with an obstetrician about my desire for
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact and having the baby with me in the recovery room.
Current research strongly supports
immediate skin -
to -
skin mother - baby
contact even if the baby is born by Cesarean surgery.
In addition
to more successful breastfeeding and bonding,
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact reduces crying and warms the baby.
Facilitate spontaneous vaginal birth and
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact between mother and newborn.
After the baby comes out, he or she is placed on your stomach for
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact and breastfeeding instead of weighing and assessment first.
It is typical in cesarean births for a baby not
to connect with the mother right away after birth (e.g. not have
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact).
Early
skin -
to -
skin contact was performed without any standardised guidelines and mother and child room - sharing began once the newborn had received
immediate care.
The
immediate care required by the baby includes attention
to the initiation of breathing,
skin -
to -
skin contact with the mother, warmth,
immediate and exclusive breastfeeding, and clean cord care.
In the weeks and days leading up
to birth, specific species of good bacteria are migrating
to key locations in the mother's body and are transferred
to the baby during and immediately after birth via the birth canal,
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact and breastfeeding.
In fact, Liedloff states that
immediate skin -
to -
skin contact is so imbedded in the evolutionary mother - newborn dyad, that in the absence of this imprinting, a mother's physiology begins
to prepare for the grief of a stillborn.