The father's contribution to ensuring the first skin-to-skin contact for newborn babies born by Caesarean sections

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Monika Salamończyk, Anna Łozińska-Czerniak, Ewa Dmoch-Gajzlerska

4 (61) 2019 s. 288–294
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20883/ppnoz.2019.61

Fraza do cytowania: Salamończyk M., Łozińska-Czerniak A., Dmoch-Gajzlerska E. The father's contribution to ensuring the first skin-to-skin contact for newborn babies born by Caesarean sections. Polski Przegląd Nauk o Zdrowiu. 2019;4(61):288–294. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20883/ppnoz.2019.61

Introduction. Skin-to-skin contact is the positioning of a naked newborn baby covered with a warm and dry diaper or a napkin on the chest of the mother or father. During this contact, the baby is swayed in the rhythm of the parent's breathing, hears his heartbeat, and is heated. Aim of the study. The aim of the study was to assess the father's provision of skin-to-skin contact for newborn babies born by Caesarean section. Material and methods. Direct observation method was used in the study. The study was carried out in 11 Warsaw obstetric centers of different reference level. Results. The time of the first skin-to-skin contact was different. Only in 11.73% of cases it was the contact immediately after birth, most often it took place after the initial assessment of the general condition – 51.53%. During the first 2 hours after birth as much as 36.73% of the newborn child was cared for by the father. Conclusions. In cases where the first contact was not made, as many as 80% of cases the father of the child was present in the hospital, who could be offered this procedure. The results of the study clearly indicate the need to supervise the implementation of the current recommendations for the first contact skin-to-skin, because they are not always followed.

Key words: caesarean section, skin-to-skin contact, father‘s share, newborn baby.



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