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Translated interview (translation by Pat and Ake Torngren)
Marit Olanders interviews Dr Bergman
KANGAROO MOTHER CARE:
AN INTERVIEW WITH DR NILS BERGMAN
By Marit Olanders
“It is the mother’s body which provides a newborn baby with the very best environment to grow and thrive”, says Dr Nils Bergman, who is a doctor specializing in Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in South Africa. “When placed skin-to-skin on the mother’s chest, the baby receives warmth, protection and food, and its brain can develop optimally. Not feeding the baby often enough and leaving it to sleep alone after a feed can result in the baby getting colic”, he adds. “The mother’s skin is the baby’s natural environment, and both physically and emotionally the healthiest place for it to be”.
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The mother’s body is the only natural, healthy environment for a newborn baby
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