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Skin-to-skin care and breastfeeding in the perioperative suite

Amanda Claire Burke-Aaronson1

  • 1Amanda Claire Burke-Aaronson is an Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. She can be reached via e-mail at acaaronson@usfca.edu.

MCN. the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
|February 28, 2015
PubMed

Current trends are moving toward immediate skin-to-skin care after birth of a newborn. This is shown to be highly beneficial, both physiologically and emotionally, to the mother and the baby. Strategies and considerations for initiating skin-to-skin care in the perioperative suite immediately after cesarean birth, such as thermoregulation of the baby in the operative suite, equipment, baby and family positioning, and maternal monitoring, are presented. Initiating skin-to-skin care as soon as possible after birth is recommended.

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