Regarding STS after the first hours there was some research done in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bigelow, A. E., Power, M., MacLellan-Peters, J., Alex, M., & McDonald, C. (2012). Effect of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on postpartum depression and maternal physiological stress. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 41, 369-382.
Bigelow, A. E., & Power, M. (2012). The effect of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on infants' response to the still face task from newborn to three months of age. Infant Behavior and Development, 35, 240-251.
Kimberley MacKenzie, IBCLC, LLLCL
514 835-9976
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