Skin-to-skin Contact in Healthy Term Infants

For the intervention group, additional education on the importance and clinical benefits of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact will be provided (including an educational video). They will be instructed to engage in a minimum of 6 hours of skin-to-skin contact per day with the infant's and mother's chests exposed for at least 15 minutes per session, and to keep a record of the contact time, as well as the time spent holding the clothed infant and a daily feeding diary.