Comments on: Bringing It Home: Implementing Skin to Skin In Our OR

By: Cindy humphry

Cindy humphry — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 05:31:19 +0000

I would like to know exactly this is done safely so I can do this well of taking baby to mom for skin to skin.
Cindy Humphry RN MN BirthCenter staff Mad River Com Hosp! Arcata, Calif

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By: Brenda Drury

Brenda Drury — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:25:09 +0000

In reply to Luanne Jelm-eickholtz. In our facility, the nursery nurse or nurse responsible for care of the baby stays at the head of the bed. Just this past weekend I was in a csection with a very anxious Mom. The anesethiologist was awesome in assisting me to get baby placed skin to skin! He had previously, very recently been less than 100% engaged in skin to skin in the OR. I thanked him after and his reply was, "of course-it's so good for both Mom and baby!" Seeing is believing. It's one of those," why have we not been doing it this way forever" kind of things!

By: Luanne Jelm-eickholtz

Luanne Jelm-eickholtz — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 23:06:32 +0000

I’d like to know if there was an additional staff member standing at the head of the bed to keep mom and baby safe. We are getting the naysayers that say anesthesia will not take on that responsibility. I don’t think it is a big deal, but think it is a staffing issue and cultural change

By: Mary Holley

Mary Holley — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:41:16 +0000

I think it’s a great idea. I was an OB nurse for 34+ years. This had not been implemented in the hospital I worked at, as of the time I left there, a little over a year ago. but it wouldn’t surprise me if it has been by now, or if it does in the near future, because we have a lactation consultant that is VERY much a patient advocate for this kind of thing.

I’m not sure I see why it has to be such a big deal, though. Meaning, why it has to take so much work, and effort to make it happen. I’ve attended many, MANY c-sections as the nursery nurse, and it seems to me, that as long as the baby is stable, of course, as they said, all you have to do is PUT THE BABY ON MOM’S CHEST! Doesn’t seem difficult to me, at all. Even the drapes and IV poles really aren’t THAT much in the way. You just DO it. 🙂

By: Stephanie Trusty

Stephanie Trusty — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:17:33 +0000

Congratulations to Sarah, Deb and the wonderful nursing staff at Unity Point Iowa Methodist Medical Center for making this clinical practice change. This intervention helps both the mother and the infant.

Thanks AWHONN for inspiring all of us.

By: kim Steakley

kim Steakley — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:42:03 +0000

We have been doing skin to skin in our ORs for about 2 years and our babies stay with the parents through the whole recovery period. Every parent I have ever talked to loved it

By: Sue gehlsen

Sue gehlsen — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:52:14 +0000

Sarah is an awesome nurse and a champion for moms and babies! Her work speaks for itself, she’s one who stays current and is a leader among her peers!