In March, we'll perform a wet skin study on healthy newborns in the neonatology department of the Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis. This means that the obstetrician will install the Bambi Belt to the wet skin immediately after birth. The baby will then lie comfortably on the chest of his or her mother for 30 or 60 minutes. This is normal protocol after a problem-free delivery. The only thing that is different is that the baby wears the belt around his belly during this first moment of touch.

Naturally, we don't want to disrupt the first contact between mother and child as little as possible. But we desperately need the data from this research, because it is the missing piece in all our previous research.

The purpose of the wet skin study is that the obstetrician can observe for us how quickly heartbeat and breathing is registered and shown on the monitor. We're also curious whether the belt remains in position on that wet skin. Especially because it is still covered with skin oils (vernix) at that point.

We look forward to learning from the feedback from parents and obstetricians and see how the belt interacts with wet skin.