Karen Stanzo - This is a wonderful study! Would love to replicate it at our institution. 

My big question, though, has to do with the safety of the baby who is remaining skin-to-skin for 12-24 hours postpartum. We do not allow babies to remain skin-to-skin on mothers' chests if the mother is falling asleep. This has to do with the fall risk to the baby.

How did you manage to protect babies if mothers were falling asleep?

How are others managing this issue in their hospitals? 

Marie Pulito RN BSN IBCLC
Yale New Haven Hospital

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