Breast and Infant Temperatures With Twins During Shared Kangaroo Care

Ludington‐Hoe, Susan M.; Lewis, Tina; Morgan, Kathy; Cong, Xiaomei; Anderson, Laurie; Reese, Stacey

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00024.x

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“…Thorax plumage temperature was warmer in females than in males, but was not influenced by the clutch size enlargement or an interaction between sex and clutch enlargement. Hoe et al, 1992;Ludington-Hoe et al, 2006). These findings, in combination with our own, point to interesting differences between male and female parents in the modulation of offspring temperature, and suggest that such differences may be more widespread in endotherms than is currently recognized.…”

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Female but not male zebra finches adjust heat output in response to increased incubation demand

Hill

Lindström

McCafferty

et al. 2013

Journal of Experimental Biology

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In many incubating birds, heat transfer from parent to egg is facilitated by the brood patch, an area of ventral abdominal skin that becomes highly vascularised, swells and loses its down feathers around the time of laying. Only the female develops a brood patch in most passerine species, but males of some species can incubate and maintain the eggs at similar temperatures to females even without a brood patch. Here we used a novel application of infrared thermography to examine sex differences in parental care from a physiological perspective. Using incubating male and female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), a species in which the male lacks a brood patch, we measured the surface temperature of the ventral plumage overlying the abdomen and a reference area that does not contact the eggs (thorax) twice per pair. In half of the pairs, clutch size was experimentally enlarged between the two sets of measurements to increase incubation demand. We found that the temperature differential between abdomen and thorax plumage was greater in females than in males, and that abdomen plumage was warmer after clutch enlargement than before in females but not in males. These findings are consistent with morphological sex differences in brood patch development and suggest that male and female zebra finches differ in the way they regulate abdomen versus general body surface temperature in response to variation in incubation demand.

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Female but not male zebra finches adjust heat output in response to increased incubation demand

Hill

Lindström

McCafferty

et al. 2013

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…Several comparative studies have been commissioned to establish effectiveness between KMC and conventional methods of care in both developed and developing countries, with most concluding that KMC offers additional advantages, regarding mother's empowerment and family bonding to the preterm babies [5] Physiologically, mother's breasts respond to baby's thermal needs. Mother's temperature rises when the baby's temperature is low [6]. In addition, other studies have indicated significant positive findings in weight gain, high survival rates, early initiation of breastfeeding, strong maternal-infant attachment, shorter hospital stay, and reduced parental stress in KMC as compared to conventional forms of care [7][8][9].…”

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“…Literature [6] suggests that skin-to-skin contact during KMC enables a mother's breasts to generate heat in response to the thermal needs of the baby.…”

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Mothers’ Experiences of Kangaroo Mother Care During Hospitalization of Their Preterm Babies at an Academic Hospital in Johannesburg

Tarus¹,

Tjale

2015

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Kangaroo mother care (KMC) implies placing the newborn pre-term baby in intimate skin-to-skin contact with the mother's chest and abdomen coupled with frequent and preferably exclusive breast-feeding. This is similar to marsupial care-giving, where the premature baby is kept warm in the maternal pouch and close to the breasts for unlimited feeding. KMC has emerged as a non-conventional low cost method for newborn care that provides warmth, touch, and security to the newborn and is believed to confer significant survival benefit. The purpose of this study was to understand the mothers lived experience and perception towards 24-hour Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) during hospitalization of their preterm babies. Phenomenological study methods were applied through in-depth unstructured interviews, on purposefully selected participants. Their lived experience was analyzed using Collaizzi's steps to phenomenological data analysis. Data analysis revealed three major themes: (a) "it is a bond between me and my child" (b) nurse-parent interaction, and (c) "it is tiring and exhaustive". The study found that all the mothers in spite of exhaustion, reported high level of satisfaction with KMC because it allowed them to be closer to their babies, hence giving them the opportunity to observe their growth and became fully involved in the care. The excellent nurse-mothers' interaction reinforced the KMC concept in care of preterm babies and was rated significant in the transition period of motherhood. The interaction enabled mothers to shift from passive observers to active participants in the care of the preterm babies. KMC was additionally noted to have provided a comforting and warm environment for the babies, thus enabling them to grow faster via weight gains and this in turn increased maternal satisfaction. Recommendation for further research preferably using quantitative methods to establish relationship between production of breast milk and the use of KMC is envisaged. The principle of 24-hour KMC should also be incorporated and emphasized in all levels of preterm baby care hospitals and educational training as this practice has been found to have numerous benefits both to the mothers and to their preterm babies.

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“…As a result the lungs will function better (Bergman 2014). In a powerful case report published by Ludington-Hoe et al(2006), a mother's skin was able to respond to two babies different thermal needs at the same time, suggesting twins can also be simultaneously held in KMC without physiologic compromise.…”

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confidence: 99%

Critical analyses of the implications of Kangaroo Mother Care on a preterm infant

Donald

2017

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

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Breast and Infant Temperatures With Twins During Shared Kangaroo Care

Cited by 43 publications

References 33 publications

Female but not male zebra finches adjust heat output in response to increased incubation demand

Female but not male zebra finches adjust heat output in response to increased incubation demand

Mothers’ Experiences of Kangaroo Mother Care During Hospitalization of Their Preterm Babies at an Academic Hospital in Johannesburg

Critical analyses of the implications of Kangaroo Mother Care on a preterm infant

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