20/11/2025
🌿 What is Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)?
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a special method of caring for newborns—especially premature or low-birth-weight babies—by placing them skin-to-skin on the mother’s or father’s chest.
This simple technique provides warmth, comfort, and helps stabilize the baby’s vital functions.
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🌼 Key Benefits of KMC
1️⃣ Maintains Body Temperature (Thermal Protection)
🔸The parent’s skin acts like a natural incubator, keeping the baby warm and preventing hypothermia.
2️⃣ Improves Breastfeeding
🔸Close proximity stimulates milk production and increases exclusive breastfeeding success.
3️⃣ Boosts Immunity
🔸Skin-to-skin contact helps build a stronger immune system and reduces the risk of infections.
4️⃣ Better Weight Gain & Growth
🔸Babies on KMC feed better, sleep better, and gain weight faster.
5️⃣ Stabilizes Vitals
🔸KMC helps regulate: 🔹Heart rate. 🔹Breathing. 🔹Oxygen levels. 🔹Sleep cycles
6️⃣ Reduces Stress & Pain in Babies
🔸Skin-to-skin contact makes babies calmer, cry less, and tolerate procedures better.
7️⃣ Strong Mother–Baby Bonding
🔸Enhances emotional connection, reduces maternal stress, and improves confidence in newborn care.
👶 Who Needs KMC?
🔸Premature babies
🔸Low birth weight infants
🔸Babies recovering in NICU
🔸Stable newborns requiring warmth & breastfeeding support
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🕒 How Long Should KMC Be Given?
🔸Minimum 1–2 hours per session
🔸As many sessions as possible
🔸Ideally 8–12 hours/day for preterm babies (even in multiple sittings)
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🫶 How to Do KMC Correctly
🔸Baby wears only diaper & cap.
🔸Place the baby upright on the chest, between the breasts.
🔸Cover both with a wrap or cloth to secure.
🔸Mother sits or reclines comfortably.
🔸Continue as long as mother and baby feel comfortable.
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