That kind of study was done nearly 20 years ago, and other studies have reinforced the concept. Skin-to-skin works BETTER than "warmers" and swaddling in multiple ways.
“Babies kept in cots cried significantly more than those kept skin-to-skin with the mother.
Keeping the baby skin-to-skin with the mother preserves energy and accelerates metabolic adaptation and may increase the well-being of the newborn.”
Christensson, K., Siles, C., Moreno, L., Belaustequi, A., De La Fuente, P., Lagercrantz, H., et al. (1992). Temperature, metabolic adaptation and crying in healthy full-term newborns cared for skin-to-skin or in a cot. Acta Paediatr, 81(6-7), 488-493.
For more http://www.kangaroomothercare.com/
Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC, FILCA
Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd.
6540 Cedarview Ct., Dayton OH 45459-1214
Phone (937) 438-9458 Fax (937)-438-3229
www.BFLRC.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Smith [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:55 PM
Subject: swaddling at birth
I am also charged with rewritting our thermoregulation policy. We have submitted our S2S policy but we do have a nurse that keeps asking me about instead of skin to skin or using a radiant warmer why can't we just use swaddling to help the newborn thermoregulate. I told her that I could not find any research to back that practice right after birth. Does anyone have any evidence that support swaddling as a way to initiate thermoregulation after birth? I do not want to seperate our mommies and our babies but after skin to skin we have always used a radiant warmer to thermoreguate (if needed and temp is not climbing)and once temp is stable swaddle. I would love to initiate a study to try swaddling instead of a radiant warmer but need a least one study that supports this as a method of thermoregulation at birth .
Thanks,
Kelly
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