Analgesia with breastfeeding in addition to skin-to-skin contact during heel prick.

Objective: To investigate the analgesic effect (measured with Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)) of breastfeeding (BF) in addition to skin-to-skin contact (SSC) versus other methods of non-pharmacological analgesia during blood sampling through heel lance in healthy term neonates.

Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Tertiary level maternity ward.