Hi. At this time the hospital I work in does no skin-to-skin at all. I am 
working towards changing that (good luck--I know!!). We have many fussy, 
gassy babies and also many babies that seem to have trouble stooling after 
day three or so.  I know there are many reasons for this, but I want to 
focus on lack of skin to skin as one.

We know the significance of skin stimulation when it comes to kittens and 
eliminating, we also know that skin-to-skin with human babies releases 
about 19 hormones that act on the digestive system. Would it be accurate to 
state that a good reason for all of these gassy and fussy babies is lack of 
skin-to-skin (skin stimulation)in the first hours and maybe days?

On this same note, we have a lot of "hungry" babies that become fussy at 
the breast. Again, I know there are many reasons for this. We know all of 
the amazing benefits of skin-to-skin immediately after birth and for some 
time afterwards. It helps keep baby in a normal physiological state. Is it 
accurate to state that complete lack of skin to skin forces baby to do 
the "work" themselves and therefore "use up" their resources sooner and 
become hungry before mom's milk increases?  Are babies capable of going 
into that beneficial hibernantion state on their own with no skin to skin?

Thanks so much for your time once again.

Christine Lichte, IBCLC, LLL Leader

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