Hi Victoria.  Thank you for posting this. I am planning to write an article for a site that I write on birthing issues for here in Saudi Arabia.  I'm wondering if you have any statistics comparing before and after the mandatory two hours of uninterrupted skin to skin was established.  I would be very interested in hearing more.  I think it is wonderful that this is now a standard practice.
Stacey GreavesLLLL, Doula, Childbirth EducatorSaudi Arabia

> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:03:53 +0200
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: delaying infant bath
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Yes, WHO guidelines on thermal protection of the newborn are very good
> tool for change. Here in Ukraine we now have 2 mandatory hours of
> uninterrupted skin to skin contact after birth, early breastfeeding
> and delayed weighing, bathing etc in our national protocols - and all
> those great things are for thermal protection.
> When I worked for the Maternal and Infant Health Project/JSI Ukraine,
> we made a small and simple  teaching video on 10 warm chain steps (BTW
> I did all the animation work so it is kind of my baby).
> You can see English version on youtube here:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP5XMBppokU
> Feel free to use it if you like it (it is public domain), just credit JSI
>
> Victoria Nesterova, Kyiv, Ukraine
>
> > From:    Christina Harris <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: delaying infant bath
> >
> > Here is a link to the WHO guidelines. I recently used these guidelines to get our own hospital bathing policy changed!
> >
> > http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1997/WHO_RHT_MSM_97.2.pdf
> >
> > Christina
> >
> > On Nov 27, 2011, at 21:13, Lisa Haughey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> I am doing a presentation at my hospital next week and would like to recommend delaying the infant bath.  I read guidelines from the CDC or WHO that discusses the risks of early bathing and I cannot find it anywhere.  Do any of you have the the link?
>
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