Kangaroo Mother Care

KMC comes under the child heath nursing subject. Caring low birth weight baby is a great challenge. It is a special way of caring LBW infants by skin to skin contact. It promotes their health and wellness by effective thermal control, breastfeeding and bonding. It helps in breathing regulation of the child, prevent against nosocomial infection, helps in weight gain, facilitates mother and infants bondage. KMC satisfies all five sense of the infant such as touch, hearing, taste, smell, vision. Trained nurses, doctor and other staffs are required to train the mother for KMC.  The baby should be placed between the mother's breasts in an upright position. The head should be turned to one side and in a slightly upturned position. This position helps in breathing of and allows eye-to-eye contact between the mother and her baby. The legs and arms should be folded. Fortunately, Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a proven, cost-effective intervention for reducing deaths in low birth weight and premature newborns.