Skin-to-Skin Contact After Birth Benefits Moms, Newborns
Recognizing best practice, Adventist Midwest Health launches “kangaroo care” at four suburban hospitals.
Editor's Note: The following is a release from Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital. In preparing for childbirth, Jean Howard had read about the importance of skin-to-skin contact. And as a medical resident in Adventist Hinsdale Hospital’s family residency program, Howard is more educated than most new moms when it comes to the importance of human touch for wellness and bonding. That’s why the 29-year-old Forest Park resident is supportive of the hospital’s new skin-to-skin initiative. Also known as “kangaroo care,” skin-to-skin contact the first hour after birth is recognized as a best practice in birthing. Among the benefits to babies and mothers: Parent-to-newborn skin-to-skin contact has long been practiced in the Level III neonatal …
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