Kangaroo Mother Care A Complete Guide for Mothers and Families 24 Self-confidence, emotional satisfaction, and empowerment of the mother: When a baby is too small or sick and admitted in the NICU, the role of the mother may be limited and reduced to a silent spectator. The mother is often too scared to touch or care for her small and sick baby. KMC restores the mother as the main caregiver. KMC empowers parents by fostering confidence and self-esteem in their caregiving abilities. Engaging in hands-on care through skinto-skin contact allows parents to actively participate in their baby's development. This involvement Breastfeeding success: One of the most useful benefits of KMC is its positive impact on breastfeeding. KMC improves breast milk production and helps the mother who is separated from her baby to express adequate milk for her baby. Even a short period of half an hour of skin-to-skin contact improves the volume of milk during each session of milk expression. Mothers learn about their baby’s unique cues for hunger. KMC improves the effect of breastfeeding on the baby. Breastfeeding has several health benefits for the mother including reducing postpartum hemorrhage and the risk of diabetes, breast, and ovarian cancer, and serves as a natural contraception method till 6 months. KMC instills better parenting and coping skills. Triplets in KMC
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