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Table 3 First contact between mother and child

From: Lactation support in neonatal intensive care units in Germany from the mothers’ perspective – a mixed-method study of the current status and needs

 

First time seeing the child after birth (n, %)

First time touching the child after birth (n, %)

First time of skin-to-skin contact after birth (n, %)

Directly after birth

149 (27.95%)

64 (12.01%)

29 (5.44%)

Within 3 h after birth

129 (24.20%)

229 (42.96%)

102 (19.14%)

Later than 3 h after birth

99 (18.57%)

145 (27.02%)

111 (20.83%)

Within the first day after birth

99 (18.57%)

81 (14.82%)

220 (41.28%)

Later

53 (9.94%)

14 (2.63%)

68 (12.75%)

Missing

4 (0.75%)

3 (0.56%)

3 (0.56%)