23/09/2022
GOLDEN HOUR 🌞
🌞 SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT
After your baby is born, your baby will be placed skin-to-skin with you. Usually, your baby is placed on your chest between both breasts, making it easy for your baby to find your ni**le & latch on. Skin-to-skin helps keep your baby warm, stabilizes their heart & respiratory rate, & facilitates early breastfeeding. Close contact also helps you & baby bond right from the start. Holding your baby skin-to-skin in the first hour & days after birth helps decrease crying &improves your baby’s ability to regulate their body temperature.
🌞 PHYSICAL ASSESSMENTS DONE AFTER FIRST FEEDING
After your baby is born, they will be weighed & measured, have a head-to-toe physical assessment, & have frequent vital sign checks. Some babies need to be thoroughly examined immediately, for example, if there are complications during labor or delivery or your baby is born prematurely.
🌞 BREAST CRAWL
When placed skin to skin, babies instinctively know how to find their way to your breast to latch. The small, round bumps on your ni**les, called Montgomery glands, secrete a fluid that babies can smell, making it easier for them to find your ni**le.
🌞 FIRST TASTE OF COLOSTRUM
Your body’s first milk is called colostrum, a thick, yellowish substance made during pregnancy. Colostrum contains antibodies called immunoglobulins that coat your baby’s gut & protect your baby from viruses & bacteria.
