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Sat, 04 Jun
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Skin to Skin
Families are encouraged to practice Skin-to-Skin immediately after birth allowing the baby to pass through the nine instinctive stages. Babies and moms and dads should do skin to skin for 24/7 as much as possible for the first 3 – 4 months of life.
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Time & Location
04 Jun 2022, 09:00 – 13:00 SAST
Zoom
About the event
WHY SKIN TO SKIN?
- Baby’s heart rate stabilizers
- Baby is kept warm on moms chest
- Baby feels secure
- Baby’s breathing stabilizers
- Baby can hear moms heart beat
- Bonding
- Baby’s oxygen stabilizers
- Healthy microbiome formation
- Regulates blood pressure
- Decreases crying Increases relaxation
- Increases facial recognition
- Increases maternal caregiving behaviour
- Increases release of oxytocin
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