{"id":43556,"date":"2023-03-15T22:59:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T22:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=43556"},"modified":"2023-03-15T22:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T22:59:59","slug":"the-science-behind-the-golden-hour-after-birth-experts-reveal-why-the-first-60-minutes-of-skin-to-skin-contact-is-vital-for-both-the-mother-and-newborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2023\/03\/15\/the-science-behind-the-golden-hour-after-birth-experts-reveal-why-the-first-60-minutes-of-skin-to-skin-contact-is-vital-for-both-the-mother-and-newborn\/","title":{"rendered":"The science behind the &#8216;golden hour&#8217; after birth: Experts reveal why the first 60 minutes of skin-to-skin contact is vital for both the mother and newborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43557\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mum-and-baby-skin-to-skin-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mum-and-baby-skin-to-skin-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mum-and-baby-skin-to-skin-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mum-and-baby-skin-to-skin-770x514.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mum-and-baby-skin-to-skin-360x240.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mum-and-baby-skin-to-skin.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first time a mother pulls her newborn close to her skin sets the tone of their relationship, but science shows this &#8216;golden hour&#8217; is vital for their health too. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-11863467\/Experts-reveal-60-minutes-skin-skin-contact-vital-mother-newborn.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The first time a mother pulls her newborn close to her skin sets the tone of their relationship, but science shows this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mum-and-baby-skin-to-skin.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43558,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43556\/revisions\/43558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}