A review of the effects of Kangaroo Care on preterm infants is presented according to how Kangaroo Care, skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest contact between the infant and a parent, addresses the six key ...
The purpose of the study was to compare a heel stick conducted during Kangaroo Care (skin-to-skin contact) with the mother to a heel stick in a warmer in reducing premature infant physiologic and ...
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Why newborn babies are immediately placed on their mother's chestSkin-to-skin contact is when a baby is dried and placed on the mother's bare chest after birth, covered in a warm blanket. In ...
Skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn significantly improves outcomes for premature babies
Studies have shown this practice, also known as kangaroo mother care (KMC), to increase breastfeeding success rates and promote the bond between parent and child. New findings point to a ...
Some preemies, however, are just too fragile to hold. Knowing how much kangaroo care had helped her own child, Rawat couldn’t bear the thought of those babies missing out. Determined to find a ...
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