01/09/2025
Skin-to-skin contact during a C-section, offers numerous benefits for both the mother.
Baby benefits:
*Stabilizes Vital Signs:
• Improves heart rate, breathing, and oxygen levels.
• Helps regulate body temperature.
*Promotes Bonding:
• Strengthens the emotional connection between the baby and parent.
• Reduces stress and crying in newborns.
*Encourages Breastfeeding:
• Triggers rooting and sucking reflexes, making it easier to initiate breastfeeding.
• Increases the likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding.
*Boosts Immunity:
• Exposure to the mother’s microbiome enhances the baby’s immune system.
*Improves Blood Sugar Levels:
• Helps stabilize glucose levels, especially in babies at risk of hypoglycemia.
Benefits for mom:
*Enhances Bonding and Confidence:
• Releases oxytocin, the “love hormone,” fostering emotional attachment.
• Increases confidence in caring for the baby.
*Promotes Healing:
• Encourages uterine contraction and reduces postpartum bleeding through oxytocin release.
*Reduces Stress:
• Lowers cortisol levels, improving emotional well-being.
*Supports Breastfeeding:
• Encourages milk production and let-down reflex. Also lots of babies naturally do breast crawl and with some help latch and start nursing too!! We love supporting whatever birth you want, need or get;)
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