title: [Body contact between mother and her newborn infant. Possible effect of a prenatal variable].
abstract: We have found by looking at films of the spontaneous interactions between 50 mothers and their newborn babies that mothers behave in regard to touching their infants with negative correlation between the number of days that separate the estimated date of delivery from the actual date of delivery. All the same, if one takes into account the activity of the newborn (feeding, being awake without feeding and being asleep) it is only when the newborn is asleep that this correlation is to be avoided. There are different psychological and bio-psychological factors that can explain this phenomenon.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Les contacts corporels entre la mère et son nouveau-né. Influence possible d'une variable prénatale.