Skin And Skin Contact Care

Infants and parents are biologically tuned to become attached to each other and this attachment promotes the baby's survival. In the United States, Kangaroo cares a method of skin to skin, contact in which a newborn has lied face down between the mother's breast for an hour or so at a time after birth. In Africa, the baby is raised in a caring family atmosphere where there is an extended family to take care of the babies. The mother caries baby on her back while working and spends time taking and playing with the baby. In Mongolia, the mother gets very less time to spend with the baby as she has to run errands and most of the times she has to work away from the baby. The social interaction is only during a family get-together for the baby. In America and Japan, the babies are taken to the park, shopping malls and the music classes for them to be social also the grandparents visit them often. The babies living in the countryside and tribe have less strange anxiety than children in the city like Tokyo and San Francisco. Secure attachment is when faced with a stressful situation and the caregiver effectively comforts the

Mothers and newborns have a physiologic need to be together during the first moment of birth. Interrupted skin-to-skin attachment between mothers and babies can be harmful and can negatively impact short and long term health outcomes and breastfeeding success. Evidence supports instant skin-to-skin care after the birth, vaginally and C-section, during and after cesarean surgery for all stable mothers and newborns will enhance limitless opportunities for care and breastfeeding. Skin-to-skin contact after delivery is golden opportunity. Many studies validate that mothers and babies should be skin-to-skin promptly after birth. Not only promotes healthier baby and successful breastfeeding outcome, it is also

While skin to skin contact promotes bonding between mother and infant, skin to skin contact is very calming for infants. When the infants are calm, and breastfeeding reflexes are well developed, they latch more quickly, which help the mothers have positive maternal feelings. Immediate skin to skin contact between a mother and infant and early initiation of breastfeeding leads to improvement of breastfeeding outcomes.

There will be a task force to put the new practice into place. The leaders of the task force will be the surgical director and the nursery director. The directors will plan the task force meetings. They will act as resources for the rest of the team. The directors will recruit nurse leaders to participate in facilitating the change to skin to skin. The directors will make sure the staff gets the appropriate training for the skin to skin conversion. There will be at least two registered nurses from the Labor and Delivery unit attending the task force. These nurses will already have experience with infants being skin to skin immediately after delivery. The nurses can help train the operating room staff and perform check-offs of staff for the conversion. The directors will consult with the employee educator for appropriate competency training. An anesthesiologist will also attend the task force meetings. The

Positioning & Attachment Positioning can help make attachment more effective and comfortable. The baby needs to be able to take a large mouthful of breast and feed effectively without causing mum and don't feel discomfort. Specially in the first days, you may find it more comfortable to feed lying in a semi reclined position, with body and head completely supported. In this position baby feeds while lying on mother stomach, with their body and legs downwards. This way your baby can move towards nipple and breast itself or with help if needed. Mum can prefer to breastfeed sitting up with baby lying across her body or in a rugby hold. It is important the mum is sitting comfortably with her back well supported or sitting comfortably with feet

closeness with her newborn” (United Sates 3). With all of these proven health benefits, there is

Every year, approximately 4 million babies are born in the United States. This means that every year, approximately 8 million breasts are swollen with Mother Nature's own ambrosia, ready to start our children down the path to a healthy and well-adjusted life. Having a child is the most natural thing in the world to most women. Breast feeding is the the most healthy food for a newborn child. It prevents a wide range of illnesses as well as helps the mother feel better after birth. So why not breastfeed your new born? Although many people believe that breast feeding puts undue stress on a new mother, ultimately, as a mother, you will be responsible for every single feeding that your child experiences. Sure, it is true that you can pump the

Evidence proves that breast feeding healthy newborns skin to skin within the first hour of life can have a direct impact on decreasing hypothermia, hypoglycemia and increasing exclusivity then babies dried and swaddled.

In 1976 Marshall H. Klaus and John H. Kennell came out with a book called “Parent Infant Bonding”. It discussed their hypothesis that like other animals, there is a brief moment directly following the birth of a child where skin-to-skin contact between mother and offspring creates a strong bond. Although this theory continues to be

My plan and dissemination and implementation for my capstone project is to educate the nurses on the importance of teaching parents about the proper use of skin-to-skin contact. I plan on implementing this project by providing the nurses with the latest evidence based practice so that they can help implement this in their education in the NICU unit at Mount Sinai. Nurses are viewed as reliable source by the patient therefore it is important for us to implement good quality teaching. When I present this project to the unit I will make the following recommendations: to examine and reinforce the education among nurses in the unit and to encourage parents to attend a two hour hands on training course before discharge on skin-to-skin contact.

There has been some research to look at skin to skin contact after cesarean birth. One study found “the effectiveness of

Breastfeeding babies get antibodies from the mother’s milk that helps fight off viruses, and foreign substances in the blood. Breast milk has vitamins, proteins, and fat that are good for your baby to grow. Breast milk is a lot easier to digest than formula. Breast milk also lowers your baby’s risk of having asthma or allergies. When a baby is breastfed for the first six months they tend to have fewer ear infections, respiratory illnesses, and bouts of diarrhea. Breastfeeding doesn’t only have benefits for the baby, it also has benefits for the mother as well. When a mother breast feeds her child, she is also burning calories, therefore, it can help you lose your pregnancy weight faster. There is also a hormone oxytocin releases that helps your uterus return to its pre-pregnancy size as well. Another amazing benefit is the bond you create with you child when you breastfeed. It’s a bond that no one will ever understand and one you will never

There are seven main principles in the Neonatal Integrative Developmental Care Model: a healing environment, partnership with family, positioning and handling, safeguarding sleep, minimizing stress and pain, protecting skin, and optimizing nutrition. These seven measures are used to provide optimal health care, both long term and short term, for premature infants. One of the most important elements of healing for premature infants is skin to skin contact. The Neonatal Integrative Developmental Care Model includes neuroprotective techniques to produce a combination of neurological, physical, and emotional development and avoid the development of disabilities. Parents are able to restore their parent-infant attachment, in this model, which helps both infants and parents health. NICU staff are not taught the neuroprotective skills during their training but have to be further educated. In order to ensure an optimal NICU, all NICU staff should be taught these skills during their training. Developmentally supportive care should be seen as a necessity not as an option. Optimal health care for premature infants also depends on the leadership and passion of NICU staff. There needs to be role model staff members that will train and set a high standard for other NICU member. (Altimier, L., & Phillips, R.

It also ensures that the mother takes frequent breaks in her day, especially at first. Most importantly, it helps create a bond between mother and baby. The distance between the baby and mother, when the baby is feeding, is the perfect distance for the newborn’s eyes to focus. There is a skin-to-skin and eye-to-eye contact, and the oppurtunity to cuddle and bond.

We explored the bond created between mother and child, the health benefits for babies, and the many ways in which a mother benefits from breastfeeding.