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1.Blood volume: immediately after birth averages about 300ml. (75mL additional blood from umbilical cord â if itâs still attached) But the fluid is lost into the neonateâs tissue spaces again - 300mL maintained. 2.Cardiac Output: in average 500ml/min.
The baby is happier, the baby's temperature is more stable and more normal, the baby's heart and breathing rates are more stable and more normal, and the baby's blood sugar is more elevated. Not only that, skin to skin contact immediately after birth allows the baby to be colonized by the same bacteria as the mother. This, plus breastfeeding, are thought to be important in the prevention of allergic diseases. When a baby is put into an incubator, his skin and gut are often colonized by bacteria different from his mother's.