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Aim: This paper integrates clinical expertise to earlier research about the behaviours of the healthy, alert, full-term infant placed skin-to-skin with the mother during the first hour after birth following a noninstrumental vaginal birth.Method: This state-of-the-art article forms a link within the knowledge-to-action cycle, integrating clinical observations and practice with evidence-based findings to guide clinicians in their work to implement safe uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact the first hours after birth.Results: Strong scientific research exists about the importance of skin-to-skin in the first hour after birth. This unique time for both mother and infant, individually and in relation to each other, provides vital advantages to short- and long-term health, regulation and bonding. However, worldwide, clinical practice lags. A deeper understanding of the implications for clinical practice, through review of the scientific research, has been integrated with enhanced understanding of the infant's instinctive behaviour and maternal responses while in skin-to-skin contact.Conclusion: The first hour after birth is a sensitive period for both the infant and the mother. Through an enhanced understanding of the newborn infant's instinctive behaviour, practical, evidence-informed suggestions strive to overcome barriers and facilitate enablers of knowledge translation. This time must be protected by evidence-based routines of staff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses the legitimate functions and affirmed benefits of breastsleeping which is beneficial to infants. It cites that sleep position, pacifier use, and drug or alcohol use are risk factors for the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The article also presents epidemiological, laboratory and observational data as evidence that mother's presence and skin to skin contact with infants is not a risk of SIDS.

A medical report is presented on the Survey of healthcare professional and parental experience in accessing support for breastfeeding during an acute hospital admission. The article mentions about the advantages Breastmilk to infants and mothers as well as promoting the formation of the parental bond; and breastmilk should be the preferred choice of feed for infants, and with current guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Unlabelled: Instinctive behaviours have evolved favouring the mother-infant dyad based on fundamental processes of neurological development, including oral tactile imprinting and latchment. Latchment is the first stage of emotional development based on the successful achievement of biological imprinting. The mechanisms underpinning imprinting are identified and the evolutionary benefits discussed.Conclusion: It is proposed that the oral tactile imprint to the breast is a keystone for optimal latchment and breastfeeding, promoting evolutionary success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]