Skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby is recommended immediately or within 5 minutes after birth and lasting for 1 hour or more,unless there are medical reasons.
Breastfeed your baby immediately after birth and within the first hour.
Immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact and initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after
birth are important to trigger breastmilk production
and for the regulation of the newborn’s temperature.
It is important for the newborn’ s bonding, survival,
and development.
