What is Kangaroo Mother Care?

Hello everyone, in this webinar we shall try to learn what is kangaroo mother care and what are its benefits?
Kangaroo Mother Care is a simple method of care for low birth weight infants that includes early and prolonged skin-to-skin contact with the mother (or a substitute caregiver) and exclusive and frequent breastfeeding. KMC is a comprehensive, low cost method of care of the stable low birth weight infant.
KMC is a low cost standard way for care of stable low birth weight infants. KMC is an effective way for: Provision of warmth, Promoting breastfeeding, Protection from infection, Promoting bonding
Kangaroo mother care has following essential components: Early, continuous and prolonged Skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn. Exclusive breast feeding, Close follow up at home
Having understood the essential components let us now try and Is KMC and routine skin to skin care at birth same? KMC should not be confused with routine skin-to-skin care at birth. World Health Organization (WHO) recommends skin-to-skin care immediately after delivery for every newborn, irrespective of the birth weight to ensure warmth and early initiation of breast feeding in the delivery room KMC is meant for stable LBW infants and denotes a sustained, longduration skin-to-skin contact.
What are the advantages of KMC to the baby? Provides effective thermal control with a reduced risk of hypothermia. Decreases hypoglycemia, apnea, oxygen requirement & infection . Alleviates pain in preterms, increases alertness as well as quiet sleep, Attains better weight gain, reduces hospital stay & achieves better follow up rates , And thus. Facilitates physiological stability & thus fosters baby’s health and well being.
What are the advantages of KMC to the baby? Provides effective thermal control with a reduced risk of hypothermia. Decreases hypoglycemia, apnea, oxygen requirement & infection . Alleviates pain in preterms, increases alertness as well as quiet sleep. Attains better weight gain, reduces hospital stay & achieves better follow up rates And thus. Facilitates physiological stability & thus fosters baby’s health and well being.
What are the advantages of KMC to the community? Reduces the health care cost significantly as KMC saves money on artificial feeds, antibiotics and other medicines, equipment as well as prolonged hospital stay required during conventional care.
What are the advantages of KMC to the family? KMC saves money as the baby is discharged early from hospital and hence father can resume duty early, KMC babies are more healthy and have better IQ, KMC decreases child abuse and abandonment
KMC is actually our normal biology & brain development is only normal in the normal place; skin to skin contact on the mother. KMC satisfies all five senses of the infant. The infant feels the mother’s warmth through skin-to-skin contact (touch), listens to her voice and heartbeat (hearing), sucks breast milk (taste), has eye contact with her (vision) and smells her odor (olfaction). KMC reestablishes the synchrony between mother & fetus interrupted by preterm birth KMC promotes neuromaturation & cognitive & neurologic competence. Early KC influences neural connections or epigenetic pathways to such a degree that patterns established during the newborn period, a period of neural plasticity, are sustained beyond the newborn period and into childhood.
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Introduction

Dr. RUCHI NANAVATI
MD, DM (Neonatology)

Head of Department
Department of Neonatology
Seth GS & King Edward Memorial Hospital
Parel, Mumbai

1. What is KMC ?

► KMC is a comprehensive, low cost method of care of the
    stable LBW infants

► Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
      ♦ Early and prolonged skin-to-skin contact with the
        mother (or a substitute caregiver)
      ♦ Exclusive and frequent breastfeeding

2. What is Kangaroo Mother Care ?

► KMC is an effective way for
      ♦ Provision of warmth
      ♦ Promoting breastfeeding
      ♦ Protection from infection
      ♦ Promoting bonding


3. What are the essential components of KMC?


► Skin-to-skin contact



► Exclusive breast feeding

4. Is KMC and routine skin-to-skin care at birth same?

► KMC should not be confused with routine skin-to-skin care
    at birth

► World Health Organization (WHO) recommends skin-to-skin
    care immediately after delivery for every newborn, irrespective
    of the birth weight to ensure warmth and early initiation of
    breast feeding in the delivery room

► KMC is meant for stable LBW infants and denotes a sustained,
    long duration skin-to-skin contact

5. Advantages of KMC

► To baby

► To mother

► To family

► To community

6. What are the advantages of KMC to the baby?

► KMC decreases
      ♦ Hypothermia
      ♦ Hypoglycemia
      ♦ Apnea
      ♦ Pain
      ♦ Infection
      ♦ Oxygen requirement
      ♦ Hospital stay

► Increases weight gain and follow up rates

► Improves physiological stability and overall health and
    well being

7. What are the advantages of KMC to the mother?

► Promotes lactation and facilitates the feeding interaction

► Increases rate & duration of exclusive breastfeeding

► Reduces maternal stress

► Empowers parents: stronger bonding, increased confidence,
    and deep satisfaction due to active involvement in care of
    the baby

8. What are the advantages of KMC to the family?

► KMC saves money as the baby is discharged early from
    hospital and hence father can resume duty early

► KMC babies are more healthy and have better IQ

► KMC decreases child abuse and abandonment

9. What are the advantages of KMC to the community?

► Reduces the health care cost significantly as KMC saves money
    on artificial feeds, antibiotics and other medicines, equipment
    as well as prolonged hospital stay required during
    conventional care

10. Key messages

► The bonding between mother and fetus is interrupted because
    of preterm birth

► KMC reestablishes the bonding

► KMC is actually our normal biology & brain development is
    only normal; skin to skin contact on the mother

► KMC satisfies all five senses of the infant. The infant feels the
    mother’s warmth through skin-to-skin contact (touch),
    listens to her voice and heartbeat (hearing), sucks breast milk
    (taste), has eye contact with her (vision) and smells her odour
    (olfaction)