This clinical study aims to find out whether kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact between parents and their extremely premature newborns) can help protect the babies' brains by reducing the risk of bleeding in the brain during the first days of life. To do this, the extremely premature newborns will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: kangaroo care in a side-lying position, kangaroo care in a face-down position, or standard care in an incubator. Researchers will monitor the babies for signs of brain bleeding and other health measures to determine which approach is safest. The main hypothesis is that kangaroo care in the side-lying position may lower the risk of severe brain bleeding compared with the other positions or remaining in the incubator.
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Severe Intraventricular hemorrhage
Timeframe: HIV appearance: from before 6 hours of life to at least 7 days of life