Skin with skin or called the Kangaroo method is more and more common in maternity wards. Indirect contact with mom or dad, skin to skin brings many benefits to make the arrival of the baby a moment of tenderness and well-being. But do you know everything about this practice? A visit to mommy adventuresmakes you understand more about it.
Skin to skin, what is it?
The moment of birth is very important for the mother and the newborn. During the first hours after delivery, the baby is in what the experts call the sensitive period. The goal: to go looking for mom. And for that, nature is well done. A hormone called norepinephrine sharpens the baby’s sense of smell. This helps him memorize the smell of his mother, reinforcing and establishing the emotional connection between the two. A link that makes it imperative that baby and mom be together
