Skin-to-Skin Contact

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Skin-to-Skin Contact refers to the practice of laying the newborn baby on its mother's bare chest immediately after birth.

This practice is recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), not only for healthy full-term infants, but also for preterm and low birth weight infants (<2.5 kg)1.

In Italy, the book "Standard Organizzativi per l'Assistenza Perinatale"2 promoted by the SIN (Italian Society of Neonatology) provides as a standard of care that every birth point guarantees skin-to-skin contact (SSC), both for physiological newborns and newborns in minimal care, and for newborns in intermediate care and newborns in intensive care.

Effects on infant and mother3

Short-term benefits for parents and baby4

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Long-term benefits for parents and baby4

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Rooming-in

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Rooming-in refers to the practice of allowing the newborn baby to stay 24 hours a day in the same room as the mother for the entire duration of the hospital stay.

This practice is promoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Italian Ministry of Health and is included among the ten fundamental steps for successful breastfeeding5.

In Italy, the book "Standard Organizzativi per l'Assistenza Perinatale"1 promoted by the SIN (Italian Society of Neonatology) provides as a standard of care that every birth point allows rooming-in for physiological newborns and in minimal assistance.

Benefits5

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Objectives2

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