Kangaroo Care during COVID-19

by Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, PhD, CNM, CKC, FAAN Marilyn Lotas, PhD Karen D'Apolito, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, FAAN ABSTRACT Early recommendations to separate mothers from...

  Two new studies found that the global COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the level and quality of care given to newborns. The first...

NIDCAP Federation International Guidance Around the COVID-19 Pandemic The NIDCAP Federation International (NFI) holds as a primary goal the support of parents as the...

" Breastfeeding mothers have been encouraged not to stop breastfeeding their babies over fears that they could pass on the novel coronavirus to their...

This hospital follows the recommendation of the WHO read it here  https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-birth-of-a-coronavirus-carrier-s-baby-in-australia-was-different-for-all-the-right-reasons-20200427-p54nge.html

Another article about non-separation for moms with COVID-19. There is no controversy about healthy parents kangarooing their babies. This practice should be continued.   Read...

https://nidcap.org/en/ "NIDCAP Federation International Board of Directors Position Statement Guidance Around the COVID-19 Pandemic The NIDCAP Federation International (NFI) holds as a primary goal...

by the French Society of Neonatology   CONCLUSION: (Read the original document here) The risk-benefit balance for hospitalized newborns and their families tilts clearly towards...

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Breastfeeding How to Protect Yourself ASL Video Series: What is the Risk to Pregnant Women of Getting COVID-19? ASL Video...

Copied from Mother-Baby Separation for COVID-19 Not Evidence-Based, Experts Say - Medscape - Apr 05, 2020. by Troy Brown, RN April 05, 2020 Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in...

April 3, 2020 New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics' Neonatal Committee on Fetus and Newborn & American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious...

Rev. 7 March 29, 2020 At the moment, recommendations and evidence are for babies born to moms that are "Person Under Investigation" (PUI) or that...

"In brief, based on current data there is no reason for separating babies from their mothers and not practicing skin-to-skin care at birth, Kangaroo...

COVID-19: Separating Infected Mothers from Newborns: Weighing the Risks and Benefits By Melissa Bartick, MD, MS, FABMMarch 31, 2020

   33 babies born to mothers infected with COVID19 in Wuhan, China,  JAMA Pediatr. Published online March 26, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0878

Resources for Families: WHO: Q&A on COVID-19, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. Sections 11/12 World Health Organization: Parenting in the time of COVID-19 IFCDC- Recommendations...