Hello Karleen,
you have touched my favourite step of the 10 Steps, which is step 4.  of
course all the other steps of the 10 steps are also my favourite, but this
one in particular, it touches my heart.

Here are some articles that supports skin to skin:


Skin-to-skin contact for rewarming hypothermic neonates
Christensson K et al. Lancet 1998;352:1115      

Christensson K et al. Temperature, metabolic adaptation and crying in
healthy full-term newborns cared for skin-to-skin or in a cot. Acta
Paediatr, 1992, 81:490.

Warmly,
Rosellina Cosentino from Italy-Sicily

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