Hi, my name is Tera Field and I am a Junior two nursing student at the
Univeristy of North Dakota.  Currently I am taking a childbearing class
and will be doing OB clinical in a few weeks.  While looking at some of
the questions and comments others have about the many different aspects
in OB I have become very interested I this particular area of work. 
One thing of interest to me is skin-to-skin contact of breastfeeding 
and its relationship with thermoregulation.  I did some research on 
this and according to Chiu, Anderson, & Burkhammer (2005), mothers may
have the ability to modulate their infant's temperature during
skin-to-skin contact of breastfeeding.
A study was done on the physiologic response of the preterm infant 
during the early initiation of breastfeeding versus bottle feeding at 
Oregon Health Sciences University (Snell, 1991).  The study concluded 
there was a significant interaction in infant temperature and it 
appears breastfeeding keeps preterm infants warmer during and 
immediately after breastfeeding.

According to Fohe, Kropf, & Avenarius (2000), before skin-to-skin 
contact temperature was 37.0C +-0.3, during temperature was 37.3C +- 
0.3, and after temperature was 37.2C +- 0.2.  So according to these 
statistics temperature can be modulated during skin-to-skin contact.

According to Ransjo-Arvidson, et.al.(2001), that before sucking 
newborns massaged the breast with their hands, and that this breast 
massage, in addition to sucking was associated with maternal oxytocin 
release and also infants who where cared for in skin-to-skin contact 
with the mother are significantly warmer than infants who are placed in
a bassinet.

My question is, in your experience and expertises have you noticed 
significance in babies' temperatures that are having skin-to-skin 
contact via breastfeeding?


Thank You,
Tera Field, SN



Chiu, S.H., Anderson, G., Burkhammer, M. (2005). Newborn Temperature 
During Skin-to-Skin Breastfeeding in Couples Having Breastfeeding 
Difficulties. 32(2), 115.

Fohe, K., Kropf, S., & Avenarius, S. (2000). Skin-to-Skin Contact 
Improves Gas Exchange in Premature Infants. Journal of Perintology. 5,
311-315.

Ransjo-Arvidson, A., Matthiesen, A., Lilja, G., Nissen, E., Widstrom, 
A., & Uvnas-Moberg, K. (2001). Maternal Analgesia During Labor Disturbs
Newborn Behavior: Effects on Breastfeeding, temperature, and Crying. 
Birth 2001; 28:1.

Snell, B.J. (1991). Physiologic Response of the Preterm Infant During 
the Early Initiation of Breastfeeding versus Bottlefeeding. Doctoral 
dissertation-research. 154.



 
 

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