Only the fragile preterm infants are poignantly illustrated in this extraordinary image. Born at just 26 weeks, this little girl weighed less than 1 lb and was admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit at a hospital in the United States. His hand was only around 2 cm from pinkie tothumb. The image was posted by a nurse in Figure 1, an application and website where medical personnel around the world sharepictures, and scrutiny reviews colleagues.' He was changing her diaper and she just held my hand,' wrote of the nurse. I had to stop and letthat you. Human contact is so important [babies].' The photo was taken before the rules in the hospital works, staff need gloves during routine care as changing diaper and temperature, to prevent infection.'It makes me sad because they really need human contact,' the nursewrote. In the United Kingdom, neonatal staff should not use gloves as skin contact is so beneficial. Research has shown that from birth, touch is crucial to a child's physical and psychological development. It is actively promoted among mothers and infants. He has been designed to stimulate the production of prolactin, milk - and oxytocin-stimulating hormone, the hormone of the 'embrace'. This helps to explainwhy they are able to breastfeed longer, as a study published last year at Vanderbilt University in the United States found mothers skin to skin contact. Incredibly, Preemies given contact skin-to-skin showed benefits over 20 years later, said a Colombian study that followed morethan 250 babies. The researchers, writing in the American journal Pediatrics in December, reported that these children had reduced hyperactivity, reduced school absenteeism, they were less aggressive and socially more capable than a control group. And brain scans showed the Group skin to skin even had more gray matter tissue that houses the crucial brain cells. This may be because these babies are calmer and sleep better, which helps the mature brains.» Exposure to bacteria in the skin of the mother also helps to develop the immune system,' adds Kate Pinney, head of obstetrics at pregnancy charity Tommy.' Forpremature babies, skin contact is more important, since they need more help to thrive.' as soon as the baby here 'response' to the touchof the nurse, is likely that she did. Babies want to contact because they need to recreate the conditions before birth, says Professor CraigJackson, a psychologist at Birmingham City University.The good is that the little baby in this image is now a 'happy, healthy, 14 lb nine months', says the nurse. "Premature babies are the definition of a miracle. I have the best job ever.
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