I am gathering the information I need before starting my next assignment, but I can only seem to find/access the positives on skin to skin contact and APGAR scores.

As I understand it you are supposed to include the for and against in an assignment, so, is it ok to just say that you can't find any negatives, or do you HAVE to find them somehow?

I am lost on this, and don't want to fail again because I am only focusing on one side of the issue.

Hope that makes sense, I know what I mean

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here are refs i promised from your other thread. The AAP state the use of an expanded APGAR score, so there is an argument against it's use there. The wickham ref is also here for you to search out (think you can get it online).
Not a lot against skins to skin, so its ok not to argue against it in that one instance i think......

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee of Fetus and Newborn, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists & Committee of Obstetric Practice (2006) The APGAR Score http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/1444 accessed on 10/10/2007 (including the expanded APGAR score form – appendix 1)


Bergman, N. (2005) More than a cuddle: skin-to-skin contact is key The Practising Midwife 8 (9) p 44

Colson, S. (2007) Biological Nurturing (1) A non-prescriptive recipe for breastfeeding The Practising Midwife 10 (9) pp 42 - 47




Hunt, S. (2004) Supporting normality – birth and feeding Midirs Midwifery Digest 14 (4) pp 515 - 516






Bergman, N. Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003 Issue 2

Wickham, S. (2005) Is the APGAR a flexible friend? The Practising Midwife 8 (7) p 35

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Thanks very much for those hun,

They are great, and thanks for putting my mind at rest about the argument for my assignmment.

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For the skin to skin, I would mention that it is not always possible. Example, massive PPH, a c/s under general anaesthetic etc. However, although skin to skin is ideal immediately after delivery, it is still beneficial at any time!

Good point, thanks LittleMissT,

I will make sure I mention that, I have already found an article on skin to skin with Dad's, so that will lead in nicely to that.

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