FIRST GOLDEN HOUR
A newborn has an innate ability to survive and thrive if his primal reflexes are allowed to kick in as a sequence during the birth. During a safe and supported birth within an empowering environment, the newborn often undergoes a quiet alert phase, which has been referred to as the first phase or simply the Breast Crawl.
When the newborn is placed skin to skin on the mother’s chest shortly after birth, the baby is able to move closer to and attach to the mother’s breast and initiate suckling. Studies show us that a baby’s alertness gradually decreases within 150 minutes after birth, when the
