Yet more evidence for KMC and Skin-to-skin

[Guest guest]

Here is a very interesting paper that (in my opinion) adds

even more weight to the evidence of benefit of KMC and S2S. How much more

" organismically vulnerable " can you be than at birth? And then

" attachment parenting " becomes invaluable from birth on.

" There are evolutionary and developmental reasons for

affective gating. For example, a negative affective state is a visceral

indication that the perceiver is organismically vulnerable, such as when the

seal pup is physically injured or sick, or when has been separated from its

parent for an extended period of time (Panksepp, , and Bekkedal 1997). Vulnerable

organisms that return to their mothers when they experience negative affective

states receive tactile stimulation. Tactile stimulation causes beta opioid release,

thus returning the juvenile to affective and organismic homeostasis (Keverne et

al. 1989). Juveniles that are more sensitive to tactile stimulation when

organismically vulnerable receive physical support from their mother and are

more likely to survive. "

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/userfiles/departments/marketing/File/Affect-Gating_Dan%20King%20Paper%20102509.pdf

Fay Bosman, IBCLC

www.nwmothernurture.com

Vancouver, WA, USA