In the latest episode of The Beat podcast, Avril, a Midwife, Childbirth Educator and Hypnobirthing practitioner, talks to a father of an seven month old baby about the wider benefits of skin to skin contact (SSC); including how SSC can help an infant’s gut microbiome and immune system, and why all parents and caregivers should be encouraged to have SSC time with their newborn, at the hospital and at home.