Skin to skin is beneficial to all babies--regardless of how they are fed.  At our most recent BFHI nurse training, the single biggest outcome and shift IMO was our policy addition of skin to skin for every baby.  This was an ah-ha moment for our staff.  We're not just singling out the breastfeeding babies and spending more time and energy on their entrance into the world--we're providing the same perfect environment for all babies (mom's chest) for the first hour or more after birth.  And if it naturally ends in breastfeeding (which it often does!) we have more breastfeeding mothers.  The nurses have said it truly makes their jobs easier.  
Amy Peterson, BS, IBCLC
Idaho

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