Specialties Ob/Gyn
Published Oct 2, 2017
Hello all :)
I am a bit stumped on the potential risks for the mother regarding skin to skin care. The only one I can think of is overheating & I can't find much in the literature indicating other risks.
Any info would be much appreciated!
yinzerlabornurse
3 Posts
You are right, SUPC should not be categorized as a maternal risk.
Babies being prone is the risk, and where I work, fresh babies aren't prone unless they're skin to skin.
PeakRN
547 Posts
The only risk I can think of is in high risk OB, where the mom's have become focused on their baby and are a bit more difficult to assess. I've had a few cases where mothers presented with very rapidly progressing labor to our ED, and deliver before we have done anything more than put them in a bed and take their pants off (sometimes the pants aren't even off). I don't want to say that we 'delay' skin to skin because that is not our goal, but we will get the mom stabilized first.