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    Benefit of skin to skin

    11/15/2016
    Benefits of skin to skin When the baby is in skin-to-skin contact with his mother, Neil Bergman PHD says, a natural process unfolds. “It stimulates a specific part of the newborn brain, so that two things happen. The baby will move to the breast, self-attach and feed; and secondly, the baby will open his eyes and gaze at his mother,” he says. The first step (getting milk) allows the baby to continue developing physically, while the second step ensures emotional and social development. “The
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