Date of Graduation

5-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Degree Level

Undergraduate

Department

Nursing

Advisor/Mentor

Scott, Allison

Committee Member

Henderson, Jaye

Second Committee Member

Shreve, Marilou

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if immediate skin-to-skin contact after Caesarean birth had an impact on exclusive breastfeeding rates at time of discharge. According to previous studies, when immediate skin-to-skin contact is implemented with mother and baby after birth, the choice to exclusively breastfeed increases. This study, utilizing a retrospective data analysis was done to compare exclusive breastfeeding rates prior to initiation of skin-to-skin contact after Caesarean birth and after initiation of skin-to-skin contact after Caesarean birth to determine if skin-to-skin contact had an effect on the rates of exclusive breastfeeding. It was hypothesized that skin-to-skin contact directly after Caesarean section would increase exclusive breastfeeding rates. RESULTS:>>> Compared with breastfeeding rates before implementation of skin-to-skin contact in the operating room following Caesarean section and breastfeeding rates after implementation of skin-skin contact, there was no significant difference in exclusive breastfeeding rates at discharge.

Keywords

breastfeeding; exclusive breastfeeding; skin-to-skin; Caesarean birth

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