Targeted training interventions for both health professionals and parents significantly increase the amount of skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their parents in the first 48 hours after birth ...
Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review. The review ...
When my wife gave birth recently the nurses stressed the significance of skin-to-skin contact with our son. On a physical level they tell us the contact helps regulate the baby’s temperature, heart ...