InnoScot Health has played a key role in the development of ‘game-changing’ scrubs with a warm kangaroo-style pouch, allowing vital skin-to-skin contact for newborns. Stacey Boyle, an Elective Section Midwife with NHS Lothian, and Senior Charge Nurse, Marianne Hay, invented the new product that is improving outcomes for tiny babies and has the potential to revolutionise neonatal care across the UK and globally. Newborns delivered by Caesarean Section can now be carefully placed into the fleece pouch worn by birthing partners while the surgical team focus on the mum and the completion of the procedure. It means that newborns can nestle inside Cozy Cuddle Scrubs (by Stacey)™ and immediately reap all of the benefits of skin-to-skin contact, helping them to adjust to life outside the womb by keeping them warm while regulating heart rate and breathing; encouraging babies to look for breasts to start feeding; and assisting with immediate bonding and emotional connection. Previously, skin-to-skin contact could be challenging due to the restricted size of the theatre table. Most women are also uncomfortable trying to do it and it can be unsafe for babies when mums are lying flat. Birthing partners are increasingly keen to step in with skin-to-skin contact in the interim, which means they need to take off their scrub tops, and then the newborn is placed on their chest and covered with blankets or towels. That does not always effectively sustain or assist in keeping babies warm, meaning they can be at risk of having to be admitted to special care, while staff often note that a lot of partners feel self-conscious without a top on. Read the full story 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eZeMfbVw
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