Mother’s skin-to-skin contact with her newborn is important to stabilise her baby’s biology

Mother’s skin-to-skin contact with her newborn is important to stabilise her baby’s biology
A new study has suggested that skin-to-skin bonding, where a new baby is placed directly onto his mother's chest, is important for his biology.

All three mums witnessed how this skin to skin contact regulated their babies’ breathing, heart rate, oxygen levels and temperature within five minutes of being held in this position.? The extraordinary moments, which were captured on film, give a unique insight into the practice. Dr Ludington said: ‘For this first time in this film we can actually see how being on your chest helps stabilise everything for baby; within five minutes of being held in skin to skin, we witness these mothers’ chests regulating their babies’ temperatures beautifully.’ She added, ‘This happens because both baby and mother synchronise and regulate each other’s biology when skin to skin contact occurs.’ (Read: Give your baby lots of skin-to-skin contact)

Source: ANI

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