This episode explains what the Golden Hour after birth is, the big benefits to skin to skin during this window, what normal infant behavior looks like when they are given the ideal environment, and how you can support yourself and your baby to have this experience.
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Articles mentioned and utilized in this episode:
- Widström AM, Lilja G, Aaltomaa-Michalias P, Dahllöf A, Lintula M, Nissen E. Newborn behaviour to locate the breast when skin-to-skin: a possible method for enabling early self-regulation. Acta Paediatr. 2011 Jan;100(1):79-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01983.x. Epub 2010 Sep 14. PMID: 20712833.
- Widström, A.-M., Brimdyr, K., Svensson, K., Cadwell, K. and Nissen, E. (2019), Skin-to-skin contact the first hour after birth, underlying implications and clinical practice. Acta Paediatr, 108: 1192-1204. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.14754
- Brimdyr K, Cadwell K, Svensson K, Takahashi Y, Nissen E, Widström AM. The nine stages of skin-to-skin: practical guidelines and insights from four countries. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Oct;16(4):e13042. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13042. Epub 2020 Jun 16. PMID: 32542966; PMCID: PMC7507317.
Music - "Memorized" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com
