Renate, Step 7 of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding says "Practice
rooming in - allow mothers and infants to remain together - 24 hours a day."
Here is a list of "References and resources for use in implementing the Ten
Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Compiled by Vergie Hughes RN BSN IBCLC":-
Anderson G. Risk in Mother-Infant Separation Postbirth. Image: J Nurs
Scholarship 21:196-199, l989
Bernard-Bonnin A, et al. Hospital Practices and Breastfeeding duration: A
Meta-analysis of Controlled Trials. Birth 16:64-66, l989
Bocar D, Schrago L. The infant's contribution to breastfeeding. JOGNN,
19:3:1-2, l990
DeCarvalho M, Dlaus M, Merkatz B. Frequency of Breastfeeding and Serum
Bilirubin Concentration. Am J Dis Child 36:737-738, 1982
Elander G, Lindbert G. Short Mother-Infant Separation during First Week of
Life Influences the Duration of Breastfeeding. Act Paediatr Scand
73:237-240, l984
Karraker K. Adult Attention to Infants in a Newborn Nursery. Nursing
Research 35:358-363, 1986
Keefe M. The Impact of Infant Rooming-In on Maternal Sleep at Night. JOGNN
Mar/Apr 122-126, 1988.
NAACOG. OGN Nursing Practice Resource: Mother-Baby Care. NAACOG, Washington
DC 1989
Young, Diony. Family-Centred maternity Care: Is the Central Nursery
Obsolete? Birth 19:4, 1992
Yoshitada Y, Yamanouchi I. The Relationship between Rooming-in/not
Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Variables. Acta Paediatr Scand 79, 1017-1022, 1990
Best wishes,
Pamela Morrison IBCLC, Zimbabwe
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