Patient Feedback
We received positive feedback regarding mothers’ experience
with STS in the OR. Mothers stated that they would
like to have STS contact with their babies in the OR if
they were to experience a cesarean again, and commonly
concluded that STS in the OR made them feel happy. One
woman, when asked how she felt about having her baby
STS with her in the OR, responded (translated from Spanish):
I felt some pain at the end of the surgery because the
effects of the anesthesia were wearing off, but when they
put the baby in my arms I forgot about the pain because
I was so happy to have him with me. She denied feeling
worried about holding her baby STS in the OR and
stated: With my last child they took her to the nursery
right away [after the cesarean] and she never wanted to
latch after that … but this baby latched right away and he
nurses really well because I had him with me right away.
Another Spanish-speaking mother shared about her STS
in the OR experience: It was nice, feeling her skin on me
… She was looking at me with her eyes wide open … and
I think we both could feel the attraction.