KANGAROO MOTHER CARE

1. KANGAROO MOTHER CARE
DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR
maheswarijaikumar2103@gmail.com

2. KANGAROO MOTHER CARE (KMC)
• Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a
special way of caring for low
birth weight babies
• It improves health their babies

3. DEFINITION
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) refers
to the practice of providing
continuous skin-to-skin contact
between mother and baby,
exclusive breast milk feeding, and
early discharge from hospital

4. The baby is continuously kept
in skin to skin contact with
the mother and breast
feeding exclusively

5. COMPONENTS OF KMC
• Three major components are:
• Kangaroo position: Skin to skin
contact
• Kangaroo nutrition: exclusive breast
feeding
• Kangaroo early discharge and
regular follow up

6. ADVANTAGES OF KMC
BENEFITS TO THE BABY
BENEFITS TO MOTHER
BENEFITS TO THE FAMILY
BENEFITS TO THE NATION

7. BENEFITS TO THE BABY
• Offers prolonged skin to skin
contact between the mothers
• KMC facilitates physiological
stability in baby

8. • KMC reduce apnea, oxygen
requirement and risk of
infection to the baby
• KMC help in early discharge of
babies from NICU

9. BENEFITS TO MOTHER
• KMC promote better mother
infant bonding
• Mother is less stressed during
KMC as the mother is more
actively involved in the care

10. BENEFITS TO THE FAMILY
• KMC is economical to the family
• KMC promotes early discharge of
baby
• KMC facilitates bonding between
the baby, mother and the family

11. BENEFITS TO THE NATION
• KMC decrease neonate and infant
mortality and morbidity
• KMC is simple easily applicable,
cost effective
• KMC results in healthier and
more intelligent babies

12. PROCEDURE OF KMC

13. PREPARING FOR KMC
• When the baby is ready for KMC,
mother and family members
should be counselled so that a
positive attitude is created for
KMC

14. • Mother should be provided
with a front open gown and
the baby is dressed with cap,
sock, nappy and front open
sleeveless shirt

15. KANGAROO POSITIONING
Baby should be placed the
mother’s breast in an upright
position and the baby’s head
should be turn to one side

16. • Hip should be flexed and
abduction in a frog position, the
arm should also be flexed
• Baby’s abdomen should be at the
level of mother’s epigastrium

17. FEEDING
• Mothers should
be explained
how to breast
feed while the
baby is in KMC
position

18. MONITORING
• Babies receiving KMC should be
monitored carefully especially in
the initial stages

19. THANK YOU