The randomised study analyzes the effects of immediate bonding (skin-to-skin contact) on different psychobiological and somatic outcomes of mother and child. The investigators compare 3 bonding conditions. Cortisol and Oxytocin are also measured during the bonding process.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
University Hospital Frankfurt-Dept.Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Changes in Cortisol Level
Cortisol is assessed as a stress parameter by Saliva. It will be tested in the mother and child to measure the effect of immediate bonding with the mother compared to the other 2 conditions on the stress level
Time frame: 30 and 60 minutes after bonding
Depression
assessed by EPDS
Time frame: 1-3 days and 6 weeks after childbirth
Mother-child-bonding
assessed by PBQ
Time frame: 1-3 days and 6 weeks after childbirth
Child's heart ratio
Time frame: 30 and 60 minutes after birth
Child's oxygen saturation
Time frame: 30 and 60 minutes after birth
Child's temperature
Time frame: 30 and 60 minutes after birth
Oxytocin
Saliva measurement
Time frame: 30 and 60 minutes after birth
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