title: The mother as incubator-after delivery.
abstract: Decreases in body temperature of 10 nude babies who were held next to their mothers' bodies were compared with the decreases in temperature of 9 babies who were kept in heated beds. After 15 minutes both groups of babies had identical temperatures of 98.1 degrees F, which is well above the acceptable minimum of 96.9 degrees F. It appears that mothers who desire to hold their babies immediately after delivery can be permitted to do so without concern by the staff that the babies will become chilled.
mesh_terms: D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007185:Incubators; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000517:prevention & control; D014110:Touch