Hi, my name is Tera Field and I am a Junior two nursing student at the
Univeristy of North Dakota. Currently I am taking a childbearing class
and will be doing OB clinical in a few weeks. While looking at some of
the questions and comments others have about the many different aspects
in OB I have become very interested I this particular area of work.
One thing of interest to me is skin-to-skin contact of breastfeeding
and its relationship with thermoregulation. I did some research on
this and according to Chiu, Anderson, & Burkhammer (2005), mothers may
have the ability to modulate their infant's temperature during
skin-to-skin contact of breastfeeding.
A study was done on the physiologic response of the preterm infant
during the early initiation of breastfeeding versus bottle feeding at
Oregon Health Sciences University (Snell, 1991). The study concluded
there was a significant interaction in infant temperature and it
appears breastfeeding keeps preterm infants warmer during and
immediately after breastfeeding.
According to Fohe, Kropf, & Avenarius (2000), before skin-to-skin
contact temperature was 37.0C +-0.3, during temperature was 37.3C +-
0.3, and after temperature was 37.2C +- 0.2. So according to these
statistics temperature can be modulated during skin-to-skin contact.
According to Ransjo-Arvidson, et.al.(2001), that before sucking
newborns massaged the breast with their hands, and that this breast
massage, in addition to sucking was associated with maternal oxytocin
release and also infants who where cared for in skin-to-skin contact
with the mother are significantly warmer than infants who are placed in
a bassinet.
My question is, in your experience and expertises have you noticed
significance in babies' temperatures that are having skin-to-skin
contact via breastfeeding?
Thank You,
Tera Field, SN
Chiu, S.H., Anderson, G., Burkhammer, M. (2005). Newborn Temperature
During Skin-to-Skin Breastfeeding in Couples Having Breastfeeding
Difficulties. 32(2), 115.
Fohe, K., Kropf, S., & Avenarius, S. (2000). Skin-to-Skin Contact
Improves Gas Exchange in Premature Infants. Journal of Perintology. 5,
311-315.
Ransjo-Arvidson, A., Matthiesen, A., Lilja, G., Nissen, E., Widstrom,
A., & Uvnas-Moberg, K. (2001). Maternal Analgesia During Labor Disturbs
Newborn Behavior: Effects on Breastfeeding, temperature, and Crying.
Birth 2001; 28:1.
Snell, B.J. (1991). Physiologic Response of the Preterm Infant During
the Early Initiation of Breastfeeding versus Bottlefeeding. Doctoral
dissertation-research. 154.
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