'Now she has become my daughter': parents' early experiences of skin-to-skin contact with extremely preterm infants.

Ragnhild MåstrupJanne WeisAnne B EngsigKirsten L JohannsenVibeke Zoffmann

Published in: Scandinavian journal of caring sciences (2017)

Parents progressed from ambivalence to a feeling of fundamental mutual needs for skin-to-skin contact. Parents found the bonding facilitated by skin-to-skin contact to be valuable, regardless of the infant's survival.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
wound healing
preterm infants
mental health
low birth weight