Effect of early suckling on term neonates' core body temperature
- PMID: 1708961
- DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1990.11747456
Effect of early suckling on term neonates' core body temperature
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the practice of early suckling, through an effect on maternal behaviour, would improve neonatal temperature control. One hundred and sixty mothers having daytime spontaneous deliveries of healthy babies at term were randomized into two groups. The treatment group were encouraged to put the baby to the breast immediately after delivery. In the control group, the baby was placed in a cot immediately after birth and breastfeeding occurred some time later at a time of the mother's choice. Observations of the mother's behaviour towards her baby and the baby's core body temperature were recorded at 2 and 4 hours after birth and at 8 a.m. the next day. The early suckling group mothers were observed breastfeeding their babies more often than those of the control group. Significantly more of the control babies had temperatures below 36.5 degrees C at 8 a.m. the next day. Women of either group who were breastfeeding immediately prior to temperature recording were significantly less likely to have a baby with a low body temperature. It is concluded that a policy of early suckling, when compared with one of delayed contact, appears to reduce the incidence of low body temperature in the neonate.
Similar articles
-
Effective suckling in relation to naked maternal-infant body contact in the first hour of life: an observation study.BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 Jan 14;14:20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-20. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014. PMID: 24423381 Free PMC article.
-
Maternal axillar and breast temperature after giving birth: effects of delivery ward practices and relation to infant temperature.Birth. 2007 Dec;34(4):291-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00187.x. Birth. 2007. PMID: 18021144 Clinical Trial.
-
How breastfeeding works.J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007 Nov-Dec;52(6):564-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.04.007. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007. PMID: 17983993 Review.
-
Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants.Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;(2):CD003519. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003519. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jul 18;(3):CD003519. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003519.pub2. PMID: 12804473 Updated. Review.
-
Myth of the marsupial mother: home care of very low birth weight babies in Bogota, Colombia.Lancet. 1985 May 25;1(8439):1206-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(85)92877-6. Lancet. 1985. PMID: 2860400
Cited by
-
Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants.Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Feb 12;2(2):CD004210. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004210.pub5. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018. PMID: 29431872 Free PMC article. Review.
-
Delayed breastfeeding initiation and infant survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS One. 2017 Jul 26;12(7):e0180722. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180722. eCollection 2017. PLoS One. 2017. PMID: 28746353 Free PMC article. Review.
-
Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding.Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Nov 9;11(11):CD001688. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001688.pub3. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016. PMID: 27827515 Free PMC article. Review.
-
Time to initiation of breastfeeding and neonatal mortality and morbidity: a systematic review.BMC Public Health. 2013;13 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-S3-S19. Epub 2013 Sep 17. BMC Public Health. 2013. PMID: 24564770 Free PMC article. Review.
-
Evidence-based African first aid guidelines and training materials.PLoS Med. 2011 Jul;8(7):e1001059. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001059. Epub 2011 Jul 19. PLoS Med. 2011. PMID: 21811404 Free PMC article.
Publication types
MeSH terms
LinkOut - more resources
Medical
Miscellaneous