This week is the Kangaroo Mother Care Awareness Week

We also spoke to Sister Louise Goosen – from the Mowbray Maternity Hospital. We were talking about Kangaroo Mother Care. This week is the Kangaroo Mother Care Awareness Week. Infants are considered for KMC if they have a low birth weight but are in a stable condition. Kangaroo mother care is defined as early, prolonged and continuous skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn low birth weight infant, both in hospital and after early discharge, until at least the 40th week of postnatal gestational age. Kangaroo mother care does not need sophisticated equipment, can be applied almost anywhere, could contribute to the humanisation of neonatal care, and contain costs. Sister Goosen explained more on the benefits of Kangaroo Mother Care. For more information you can contact the Mowbray Maternity Hospital at (021) 659 55 99 or visit www.kangaroomothercare.com