Why Immediate Skin-to-Skin After Caesarean Births Still Isn’t Routine (And Why That Needs to Change) What if I told you one of the simplest, safest, most powerful things you can do for your baby after birth… still isn’t routine in many hospitals? Even with decades of...
We have known for a long time that skin-to-skin has many benefits for babies and breastfeeding. And I think we have gotten pretty good at understanding how important skin-to-skin is immediately after birth because it really helps babies regulate and adapt to being...
Have you seen the article floating around Facebook about the couple who were charged around AU$40 for skin-to-skin after c/section? I know most people were horrified that this couple got charged for this, and we could discuss the ethics at length, but a couple of...
I really felt the need to respond to yesterday’s article in the West Australia entitled Fad Blamed For Deaths of Babies In this article, Dr Micheal Gannon makes the outrageous claim that “There is this new obsession amongst mothers and midwives with immediate...
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