KANGAROO MOTHER CARE POLICY

INTRODUCTION
Millions of low birth weight (weight less than 2500gms) infants are born every year, mostly in undeveloped countries. The cause is either impaired preterm growth or premature birth. They commit to a high rate of the newborn death rate. In undeveloped countries, the rate of low birth weight babies is too high and modern technology is not present or there is the absence of skilled staff. Under such conditions, LBW infants are more prone to hospital-acquired infections, hypothermia. However, kangaroo mother care is easy and effective policy to compensate for hypothermia and to protect baby from nosocomial infections.
Kangaroo mother care is caring for premature babies include skin to skin contact with …show more content…
The mother gave birth to a baby. Within 24 hrs of delivery she underwent the total hysterectomy and came out on the ventilator and the prognosis was very poor. Her blood pressure was not stabilized and heart rate was too high. Her family was told about the condition that she would die. Mary took her newborn to her unconscious mother thinking that the infant needed to be with his mother during her last time. When the infant was placed in kangaroo care position, the mother moved her both arms. The baby was placed on the breast for two hours, when Mary was about to take the baby back to the nursery, the nurse showed Mary the BP and heart rate of the mother. The BP was stabilized and heart rate had reduced too. This nurse had seen these physiological improvements two times. The third incident confirmed that this was not by chance. The next day Mary again brings the infant to his mother for two times a day and 2-4 hours each time. Each time the unconscious mother moved both her arms up to enfold her baby. Mother’s vital signs kept on improving day by day, she weaned off from the ventilator and went home healthy with her baby. The nurses are charmed to see such improvements and want to gain more knowledge about kangaroo mother care. A mother recovered due to kangaroo