**This post is referring to healthy, full term infants

This post is referring to healthy, full term infants. Babies that need to go to NICU for prematurity or other health reasons may not be able to have this golden time. I know this from professional and personal experience (I had 34 week twins in NICU) Due to misinterpretation of what I have written by a couple of people, I also need to say, if for whatever reason you don't get the chance to have this time, it does not neccessarily mean all hope of a lasting relationship with your baby is lost or that your breastfeeding goals will disintegrate! Right ... now let's get onto the post

Mothers and babies have a physiologic need to be together at the moment of birth and during the hours and days that follow. It's really important to keep mothers and babies together after the birth. Evidence supports immediate, uninterrupted skin-to-skin care after vaginal birth and during and after caesarean surgery for all stable mothers and babies, regardless of how baby will be fed. . When babies are born, providing there are no medical reasons to separate them from their mothers, routine procedures like weighing and examinations can wait until mum and baby have had that special bonding time. . Skin-to-skin contact provides real health benefits. It reduces both mum and baby’s stress levels, helps regulates the baby’s body temperature, promotes oxytocin production and slows bleeding in mum as a result. It also increases chances of successful breastfeeding. . . . . . . . #skintoskin #goldenhour #bonding #newbaby #newmom #oxytocin #love #hormones #midwifery #midwife #midwifemarley #birth