Importance Of Skin – Skin With Baby. Don’t play with it [Nurses Diaries]
Skin – skin is a practice where by a baby is laid on the mother’s bare chest after delivery with both of them covered with a blanket for about an hour or after the first feed.
New studies point to the importance of uninterrupted skin-to-skin bonding time for mother and baby, which helps your newborn feel more secure in the first moments of his or her life, It improves the baby’s heart and lung function, stabilizes the baby’s temperature and more
“Nothing is better for a baby than laying against a mother’s skin.
Taking a baby from his mother for a bath right away can lower his body temperature while a mother’s chest has the ability to heat up or cool down to help the newborn maintain the correct body temperature.
Demand for your baby to be laid on your chest after delivery and /or if the mother cannot do it due to some complications, the father should be allowed to do.
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