Marianne,
 
I heard Nils speak about a yr ago on the most important fact about sts;  
during that first hour, and only during that first hour, important brain 
wiring  occurs with skin-to-skin contact.  I believe there is info on this on his 
 website and if not I'll look in the syllabus I have from the conference.   
He showed that this is firm neuroscience and also had brain scans to show 
what  occurs also when baby is sleeping solitarily vs on mom, (from my 
memory), that  cortisol is released and negatively impacts usual growth hormones 
released  during sleep.  I found his information so powerful and yet felt 
saddened by  the usual course of events post birth, my own included, except for 
one home  birth and even that wasn't "perfect."   There were a couple of 
other  researchers involved with Bergman's studies, too.  Be glad to pull out 
the  references if not available on his site.
 
Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC

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