One mother whose baby was brought to her in the OR immediately after birth recently stated, "Having my baby skin to skin in the OR after my cesarean birth was the most meaningful experience ever.

UNICEF and the NHS recommend skin-to-skin contact between a parent and newborn. This involves placing a newborn on a parent's bare chest, both of them covered in a warm blanket, for at least an hour ...

Natural birth refers to vaginal delivery often with minimal or no medical intervention While a C-section is a surgical procedure in which the baby is delivered through an incision in the mother’s abdo ...

The manner in which a new baby is welcomed into the world during the first hours after birth may have short- and long-term consequences. There is good evidence that normal, term newborns who are ...

The benefits of parental touch become clear at birth. One review of 52 studies involving over 4,000 newborns found that touch interventions – such as skin-to-skin contact and baby massage ...

UNICEF and the NHS recommend skin-to-skin contact between a parent and newborn. This involves placing a newborn on a parent’s bare chest, both of them covered in a warm blanket, for at least an hour ...