Baby needs contact with the mother immediately after birth

Early contact with the mother is also required in preterm infants, Canadian scientists have shown. It helps them cope with stress and pain from carrying out medical procedures. Often in the neonatal units of contact with the skin of the child's mother discouraged immediately after birth. To date, there is some evidence that regular hugs mother helps the child, even if improving premature to not only the health but also the parental warmth and support, which are important for the further development of feel. The study, which focused primarily on the born preterm infants 28 to 31 weeks of pregnancy. It used to be that these children are not sufficiently developed to move the contact person. Immediately after birth, every newborn blood samples from the heel to determine the blood sugar level. This method is a real burden for the child. Been vacillating between life and death Decided a team of researchers at the University of McGill (McGill University), the United Kingdom, this test in children, the surveys in their mothers' arms. Reduce the severity of pain researchers compared heart rate and blood oxygen levels assessed. It turned out that after these indicators were pain in infants who were in the arms of mothers was significantly lower than that of other children. Now in London is planning a new study various techniques, including early contact between mother and child to explore a greater involvement of parents in the care of their newborn.