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Effect of skin contact on mother and baby immediately after normal delivery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- newborn breastfeeding behaviour,thermoregulation, and maternal duration of third stage of labour, blood loss during third and fourth stage of labour and pain perception during perineal wound suturing
Registration Number
CTRI/2014/12/005267
Lead Sponsor
Christian medical college
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

1:Primigravida women who do not have any risk factors or may have one or more of the following risk factors-mild anaemia (Hb of 10-10.9 gm%), Rh negative blood group, induction of labour, previous 1 abortion, oligohydramnios which does not require amnioinfusion, polyhydramnios without any anomalies in the fetus, primary infertility, gestational diabetes on diet, obesity, hypothyroidism and short staure primi with height more than 145cm)

2:Women at 36-42 weeks of gestational age

3:Women between the age group of 19-32 years

4:Women who come with spontaneous labour

5:Women who deliver normally without the aid of any obstetric instruments

6:Women who deliver with a second degree perineal tear or episiotomy

7:Women who can read English, Tamil or Telugu.

For newborn

1:Newborn with apgar 9 and 10 at 1â?? and 5â?? respectively

Exclusion Criteria

For woman

1:High risk primigravida women

2:Women on epidural anaesthesia or entonox

3:Women who develop any third stage complications that warrant emergency/ intensive care

For newborn

1:Newborns with any condition at birth that warrants examination by a neonatologist

2:Newborns with any congenital anomalies which interfere with breastfeeding

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
newborn breastfeeding behaviourTimepoint: newborn breastfeeding behaviour
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
duration of third stage of labour, blood loss during third and fourth stage of labour, pain perception during suturing, newborn thermoregulationTimepoint: 30 minutes
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