A Mother‐Centered Approach to Skin‐to‐Skin in the Operating Room

Nursing implications will include but are not limited to ensuring that the woman wants the infant placed on her skin immediately, ensuring that the involved staff proceeds with the woman's request, and that proper equipment is used and placed in a manner that skin‐to‐skin contact is attainable. The ultimate goal of translating STS in the OOR on all qualifying cases is to decrease maternal pain perception and increase satisfaction with birth experience.