Jake Quickenden has detailed his horrendous experience with trolls who accused him of ‘attention-seeking’ for doing skin-to-skin contact with his newborn baby. The TV personality, 32, spoke of his upset after being criticised for the action despite being instructed to do so by midwives at the hospital, after his girlfriend Sophie Church gave birth to … Read more
Babies born by C-section should have skin-to-skin contact with their fathers while mums recover as it helps to boost heart rate, study finds Swedish experts studied 95 Caesarean-delivered babies in a Chilean hospital The babies were grouped based on the contact they had with their fathers One group had skin-to-skin contact, while one got cradled in … Read more
Skin-to-skin contact with parents helps newborn babies cope with pain, study finds Researchers monitored the brain activity of babies undergoing a blood test They had some held skin-to-skin, some with clothes and others in an incubator Those held skin-to-skin experienced a dampened reaction to the painful jab Experts say this study shows that skin-to-skin contact … Read more