Article
The Impact of Increased Skin-to-Skin Contact With the Mother in Breastfeeding Neonates on Exclusive Breastfeeding at 4 and 8 Weeks Postpartum
Clinical Lactation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Disciplines
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate dose of skin-to-skin (STS) contact as a nursing intervention to increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding after dischargeDesign: A descriptive correlational studySetting: A Level II maternity unit in OhioParticipants: Women who had a vaginal delivery of a term, well newborn, with intent to exclusively breastfeedMethods: Newborns were placed STS with their mothers at birth. Mothers were encouraged to maintain frequent STS with their newborns while in the hospital, and kept a log of STS time. A lactation consultant made follow-up phone calls at 4 weeks and 8 weeks postpartum to assess breastfeeding exclusivity. Spearman rho was used to analyze the data.Results: Duration of STS was not correlated with exclusive breastfeeding at either 4 weeks or 8 weeks postpartum. However, early STS was correlated with exclusive breastfeeding at 4 weeks postpartum.
DOI
10.1891/2158-0782.6.2.75
Citation Information
Deborah J. Ruxer, Tracy L. Brewer, Karen Mateer, Melissa Burkhardt, et al.. "The Impact of Increased Skin-to-Skin Contact With the Mother in Breastfeeding Neonates on Exclusive Breastfeeding at 4 and 8 Weeks Postpartum" Clinical Lactation Vol. 6 Iss. 2 (2015) p. 75 - 80 ISSN: 21580782 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tracy_brewer/20/
An early version of the paper was presented at the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses' Convention, Nashville, TN, June 15-19, 2013, which can be found at http://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/nursing_faculty/218/.