Becky writes: "The best resource we found for skin to skin and delaying the bath is from the WHO. The title is "Thermal Protection of the Newborn: a practical guide" Written by "Maternal and Newborn Health/Safe Mothehood Unit Division of Reproductive Health (Technical Support) World Health Organization Geneva" You can download this at http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/MSM_97_2_Thermal_protect ion_of_the_newborn/thermal_protection_newborn2.pdf Cheers Karen Clements RM IBCLC Melbourne Australia (Where we do not bath babies till the next day. It is documented on the caremap when this is done ;-)) *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html