Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns improves survival chances

Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by Fomite on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:04PM (#27305309)

There is no "U.S. experience" because of the absolute mess of our healthcare system. There are birthing centers that work very much like the process described above.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by NateEag on Thursday May 27, 2021 @09:34PM (#27310786)

Indeed - I have to give a plug for UPMC Harrisburg in Pennsylvania.

My wife gave birth to all three of our kids there, and while it was more institutional than what's described above, they were big on skin-to-skin contact and leaving it to the parents to parent while the nurses and docs took care of medical needs. Staff was uniformly great throughout all of our births.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by minusf on Saturday June 05, 2021 @02:40PM (#27407529)

how much did it cost if you dont mind me asking?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Immediate skin-to-skin contact with unstable newborns imp... by tweetle_beetle on Sunday May 30, 2021 @04:11AM (#27331536)

Of course no country of the size of the US has a single experience of anything. But in this case, it's about as close as it can be: 98.4% of births are in hospitals, with 0.52% in birthing centres [1].

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555484/

[ Parent | on HN ]