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Promoting Skin-to-Skin

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Like St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, our regional health authorities are also working to promote early, uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact between mother and babe immediately following birth. Research has shown that skin-to-skin contact is good for all babies and moms. See More Information section for parent resource sheets on the importance of skin-to-skin contact.

Read about skin-to-skin at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto:
http://www.hospitalnews.com/modules/magazines/mag.asp?ID=3&IID=149&AID=1802

Share your experiences with early skin-to-skin contact with your baby after birth. Email us at info@babyfriendlynl.ca

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