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Informative PowerPoint on Kangaroo Care

by Kathleen Holden

1. Kangaroo Care The greatest gift you can give your child

2. What is Kangaroo Care? Skin-to-skin contact for an infant, most importantly, during the Golden Hour or the first hour of life.

3. Kangaroo Care Promotes: Baby’s temperature regulation Normalization of heart and respiratory rate Successful breast feeding Improvement of mother’s milk production

4. Physical Benefits to Mother Bonding Decrease pain perception Increased oxytocin (the “feel good” hormone) Satisfaction with birth experience

5. What about Dad? Alternative for cesarean section deliveries Relieve mother for need rest Promotes paternal bonding Provides warmth & comfort to infant

6. Continued Kangaroo Care for the 1 st month of life promotes: Infant weight gain More time in deep sleep More time being quiet and alert Less crying

7. Recommendations March of Dimes Foundation, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.marchofdimes.org/baby/kangaroo-care.aspx