The practiced of maternal-infant STS contact known as kangaroo care began in Colombia in 1978, and has since been used and studied around the world. Chiu, Anderson, and Burkhammer demonstrated that STS contact can help lead to successful breastfeeding among a culturally diverse group of women in the United States. Thus, routine care in birthing environments should include the support of early mother-infant STS contact that occurs immediately after birth and lasts at least until after the first breastfeeding. Separation should not be part of routine care, even after a cesarean, as the mother can provide the ideal environment for successful newborn adaptation to the extrauterine environment. Further research that focuses on the effects of STS on infants born by cesarean would enhance our understanding of the intervention amog this target population; however, the intervention has considerable benefits because STS contact requires minimal financial resources,is not associated with adverse effects among healthy infants, show an appears to Improve newborn stabilization during transition.