Skin-to-skin contact helps a baby adapt to life outside the womb.
What does STSC stand for?
STSC stands for Skin-to-Skin Contact (postpartum medicine)
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One room is on the neo-natal unit and is specifically for mums to breast feed, express milk and have skin-to-skin contact with their babies on the unit in a relaxing environment.
Researchers at the American Academy of Paediatrics measured the heart rate variability in 2-day-old sleeping babies for one hour each during skin-to-skin contact with mother and alone in a cot next to mother's bed.
They can pass on the tiny bugs through skin-to-skin contact, or even through bed linen and towels.
The leading cause of cervical cancer in women and a cause of anal cancer in men, HPV can be spread through shared sex toys and direct skin-to-skin contact during vaginal, anal, and oral sex.
About a third were not helped to have skin-to-skin contact with their baby, even though it is known this can help stimulate milk production.