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A6A - Behind the Curtain: Skin-to-Skin Contact after Cesarean Section and Influences on Breastfeeding Rates, Infant Feeding Responses, and Maternal Satisfaction

Monday, June 15, 2015 : 10:15 AM

Title: A6A - Behind the Curtain: Skin-to-Skin Contact after Cesarean Section and Influences on Breastfeeding Rates, Infant Feeding Responses, and Maternal Satisfaction

Room 101 (Long Beach Convention Center)
Caitlin C. Conroy, DNP, FNP-BC, BSN, RN, CLC , Florida State University College of Nursing, Tallahassee, FL
Barbara H. Cottrell, MSN, BSN, RN , Florida State University College of Nursing, Tallahassee, FL

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • At the conclusion of the presentation, the learner will be able to properly describe the technique of immediate skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn within two minutes.
  • At the conclusion of the presentation, the learner will be able to adequately list at least three of the possible barriers to immediate skin-to-skin contact during and after cesarean section.
  • At the conclusion of the presentation, the learner will be able to explain three or more benefits of immediate skin-to-skin contact between mothers and newborns during and after cesarean section, such as those involving breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity, infant feeding responses, and maternal satisfaction.

    • Submission Description:
    The benefits of immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) are well documented in infants born by vaginal birth and include improved physiologic stability, increased maternal attachment behaviors, optimal infant brain development, and increased breastfeeding initiation and duration. However, immediate SSC is not routinely practiced during cesarean section (CS). This study was performed to determine whether the initiation of SSC between mothers and infants in the operating room would improve infant feeding responses, breastfeeding rates, and maternal satisfaction.

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