Kangaroo Care focuses on the power of skin-to-skin contact between parents and newborns. What are the real benefits? Does it promote better outcomes in premies?
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Kangaroo care can be given by mother or father
It has a great importance when it comes to low body weight new borns (LBW)
as they have high surface area to body ratio causing excessive heat emissions from their body
So they may land up in hypothermia
Here Kangaroo care comes into play
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is now a universally accepted treatment morality in all NICUs. It’s pretty beneficial, to say the least. Also called skin to skin care, it originated in 1970s. kangaroo care improves bonding between mother and the baby, helps in early healing, improves breast feeding rates and facilitates early NICU discharge. For preemies, KMC is just a pure blessing.
Like breast-feeding, kangaroo care is is something natural that should be put to the benefit of the baby.
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@SamDoc
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Kangaroo mother care is not only about skin to skin contact . It includes a lot more:
- delayed cord clamping
- same rooming of mother and the baby
- placing the baby on mother as soon as born
- early breastfeeding
- ambulatory service for mother & child living far away from hospital
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Kangaroo Care, which involves skin-to-skin contact between parents and newborns, offers numerous benefits, especially for premature infants. It helps regulate the baby’s body temperature, stabilizes heart rate, and improves oxygen levels. This close contact also promotes bonding, reduces stress, and encourages breastfeeding. For preemies, Kangaroo Care has been shown to enhance growth, improve neurological development, and reduce the risk of infections, ultimately leading to better long-term outcomes.
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Can prevent hell of complications.