This Unicef UK video covers both the theory and practice of skin to skin, but most importantly, what it can mean to mothers and babies meeting each other for the first time.
The best place for your baby straight after birth is on your chest. This is a special time that can have lifelong effects. Your baby will be dried and laid directly on your bare chest after birth, covered in warm blankets and left for at least an hour or until after your first feed together.
Skin-to-skin contact can also take place any time a baby needs comforting or calming and to help boost milk supply. Partners can also be part of ongoing skin-to-skin contact for your baby.
Place your naked baby on your bare chest with a cover over baby's back, not around baby's face.
Skin-to-skin contact is safest when you are alcohol, drug and smoke-free, awake and not exhausted.
Skin-to-skin contact:
You might like to check more content on breastfeeding including videos and key messages translated into 9 languages.
See the main skin to skin page with video and translated key messages [1]
This page last reviewed 30 May 2022.
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Links
[1] https://kidshealth.org.nz/skin-skin-breastfeeding?language=ko
[2] https://kidshealth.org.nz/tags/breastfeeding?language=ko
[3] https://kidshealth.org.nz/tags/nutrition-0-12-months?language=ko
[4] https://www.babyfriendly.org.nz/fileadmin/user_upload/NZBA_Skin-to-Skin_Brochure_2018.pdf
[5] https://kidshealth.org.nz/node/2617?language=mi
[6] https://kidshealth.org.nz/node/2618?language=mi
[7] https://kidshealth.org.nz/node/2619?language=mi
[8] https://kidshealth.org.nz/node/2620?language=mi
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