Skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby is the biological key to breastfeeding and the emotional bond. This and other aspects related to motherhood and breastfeeding were discussed at the II International Symposium on Breastfeeding organized by the Basque Milk League.
The separation of the newborn from the mother after childbirth has a negative impact on breastfeeding. Skin-to-skin contact after childbirth facilitates the environment that the baby needs to ensure that breastfeeding develops successfully and encourages the mother's confidence in her ability to meet the child's needs. When the baby is placed on the mother's chest, he uses his nose to guide himself to the breast and successfully breastfeed. It has been shown that such separations are short decreases breastfeeding rates. The interruption of this process, by separating the baby from the mother, can lead to inefficient suction that causes pathologies in the mother such as cracks in the nipples, congestion of the breasts, and in the baby can lead to insufficient weight gain .
However, although this fact is scientifically proven in the vast majority of hospitals and clinics in Spain, the mother is separated from her newborn baby after birth and during the first hour of life.
