Development of an Observational Instrument to Measure Mother-Infant Separation Post Birth

A Pilot Study of a Nursing Intervention Protocol to Minimize Maternal-Infant Separation After Cesarean Birth

“…The conceptual framework for this study was drawn from the work of Anderson (1977, 1989). The basis of Anderson's framework of Mother‐Newborn Mutual Caregiving is that from birth “mothers and their newborns are dependent upon each other for mutual caregiving, meeting each others' needs when they are in their proper habitat together, undisturbed and in skin‐to‐skin contact” (Anderson, Radjenovic, Chiu, Conlon, & Lane, 2004, p. 217). The close proximity of mother and newborn promotes extrauterine transition, which is characterized by mutual, critical physiological and psychological adaptation of mother and newborn.…”

Care practices associated with breastfeeding among pregnant and lactating women

“…Several studies have concluded that it not only favors the changes that occur in the newborn during the adaptation period 4,7 (transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life) 8 . Among the advantages and benefits achieved with the practice of skin-to-skin contact are that, in the newborn, it provides stabilization of vital functions 4 , improves oxygen saturation levels, maintains stable body temperature 4,9 , decreases the perception of pain 4,10 , and favors early breastfeeding 11 , among others.…”

Early Skin‐To‐Skin Contact for Mothers and Their Healthy Newborn Infants

“…More research needs to be conducted on the effects of early SSC on mothers who deliver by cesarean birth. To facilitate meta-analysis of the data, future research in this area should involve outcome measures consistent with the best measures used in previous studies or measures developed recently to increase methodological rigor (Anderson 2004b;Labbok 1990). The CONSORT guidelines (Moher 2001;Moher 2010) should be used to document the flow of participants through all clinical trials.…”