Early skin-to-skin contact after cesarean section: A randomized clinical pilot study

Early skin-to-skin contact after cesarean section: A randomized clinical pilot study

OBJECTIVE Early bonding by skin-to-skin contact (SSC) has been demonstrated to be beneficial for mothers and newborns following vaginal delivery. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of intraoperative bonding (early SSC) after cesarean section on neonatal adaptation, maternal pain and stress response. STUDY DESIGN This prospective, randomized-controlled pilot study was performe...

Skin-to-Skin Contact After Cesarean Delivery

Exploring the skin-to-skin contact experience during cesarean section.

PURPOSE To explore and describe the mother's experience of holding her neonate in skin-to-skin contact (SSC) immediately after cesarean delivery during surgical closure and recovery. DATA SOURCES Eleven women between the ages of 23 and 38 years, who had achieved 39.1-40.2 weeks gestational age, participated in an ethnographic study using observations and interviews with the mothers conducted ...

Early skin-to-skin after cesarean to improve breastfeeding.

This article describes a quality improvement project in which early skin-to-skin (STS) contact, in the operating room (OR) and during recovery, was used as an intervention to increase the success of breastfeeding initiation among healthy infants after cesarean, at a large, urban, acute care teaching hospital. The nursing role is key for the intervention, but the program involves the entire peri...

A clinical pilot study of the effect of auriculotherapy on anxiety after cesarean section