[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”3″ ][cs_element_text _id=”4″ ][cs_content_seo]After you deliver, your baby is adjusting to being outside of your body. You can help your baby adjust by creating skin-to-skin contact.
The best way to hold your baby skin-to-skin is on your bare chest.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”5″ ][cs_content_seo]Why is skin-to-skin so important?\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”6″ ][cs_content_seo]Skin-to-skin helps keep a baby warm. Luckily, your doctor or midwife can do almost everything they need to do to check your baby’s health while you are skin-to-skin.
Studies show that babies have better temperatures, less stress and an easier time breastfeeding when they are held skin-to-skin.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”7″ ][cs_element_image _id=”8″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”9″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”10″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”11″ ][cs_element_text _id=”12″ ][cs_content_seo]Have more questions?\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”13″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”14″ ][cs_element_button _id=”15″ ][cs_content_seo]Return to library\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”16″ ][cs_content_seo]Call your Pacify doula\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”17″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”18″ ][cs_element_text _id=”19″ ][cs_content_seo]Sources: www.mothersadvocate.org, The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin with Katie Rohs. https://www.lamaze.org/parent-information\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][/cs_content]
What is skin-to-skin contact?
