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Skin-to-skin Contact With Fathers Benefits Newborns

by Colleen Fleiss on January 7, 2021 at 11:11 PM

Providing skin-to-skin contact with fathers helps newborns after cesarean delivery, revealed a new study published in Acta Paediatrica.

For the study, 95 newborns were randomized to the cot, father's arms, or skin-to-skin contact with the father after cesarean section delivery.


The study results revealed the advantages of skin-to-skin than the cot or fathers' arms groups:

Why is skin-to-skin contact important?

Source: Medindia

‘Providing skin-to-skin contact with the father may provide benefits to a newborn.’

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