skin-to-skin
B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
The practice of placing the naked newborn directly on the mother's bare chest to promote bonding and stabilise the baby.
We encouraged skin-to-skin contact immediately after delivery to support early bonding.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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