Compared with newborns who received routine care,
SSC cesarean-delivered newborns were not at risk for
hypothermia. The mean temperatures of both groups were
almost identical: after 30 min, 36.1-C for both groups (T0.4-C
for SSCs and T0.5-C for the controls), and after 120 min,
36.2-C T 0.3-C for SSCs versus 36.4-C T 0.7-C for the
controls (no significant differences). Time from delivery to
the mothers’ return to their room was 51 T 10 min. The SSC
newborns attached to the breast earlier (nine SSC newborns
and four controls after 30 min) were breast-fed (exclusively
or prevalently) at discharge (13 SSCs and 11 controls) and at
3 months (11 SSCs and 8 controls), and the SSC mothers
expressed high levels of satisfaction with the intervention.