![]() “Every situation is a little bit different, but in the perfect situation where everything has gone well, baby would be delivered and then immediately baby would go onto mom’s chest and they would do skin-to-skin,” said Dr. Health care providers now know there’s a better way to spend the first 60 minutes of life. After all the waiting, the new parents would finally get to hold their baby. New moms watched their babies being handed to a nurse for examination, cleaning and other details. In the past, bonding with baby often took a back seat to medical procedures. It’s super helpful to stabilize the newborn coming out of utero, as well as bonding,” said Tenelle Choal, a certified nurse-midwife at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls. “The golden hour is very beneficial and critical for even years down the road between both mom and baby. Research has shown that what happens during the first 60 minutes of a baby’s life, which is often referred to as the golden hour, can maximize the bonding between mother and child. ![]() Michelle Schimelpfenig, a pediatrician at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “I think for a lot of moms, it’s finally that moment where they can just breathe, and at least for me, when I held our first, it was like, you know, this was nine months of not knowing what this child looked like, what they felt like, and finally I can feel that,” said Dr. The first few minutes after birth are a magical time for bonding with baby.
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