Review Article
The Experience of Being Born: A Natural Context for Learning to Suckle
Table 1
Percentage of newborn pups attaching to nipples of anesthetized dams (
per condition). *
P < .05
| Group | % attached |
| Vaginal birth (22°C) | 90 | Cesarean birth | | Room (22°C) | | Compressed | 89* | Noncompressed | 44 | Nest (33°C) | | Compressed | 56 | Noncompressed | 67 | Intrauterine (36°C) | | Compressed | 89 | Noncompressed | 78 |
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