Table 1.

DR SSC eligibility criteria

Fetal diagnosis	Critical congenital heart disease expected to require NICU/CTICU admission with mother-baby separation Exclusions: CHD with increased risk for cardiopulmonary instability  TGA/IVS  HLHS/IAS  TAPVR  Complete Heart block  Severe Ebstein’s anomaly  Any condition with increased risk for clinical deterioration in the  first few hours of life
Delivery	Planned delivery within neonatal service line Exclusions: clear plan in place for perinatal palliative care
Perinatal stability	No positive pressure ventilation needed
	Minimum Apgar score of 8 at 1 min AND 8 at 5 min
	Gestational age ≥ 37 weeks

Eligibility criteria for delivery room skin-to-skin (SSC)

NICU neonatal intensive care unit, CTICU cardiac intensive care unit, CHD congenital heart disease, TGA/IVS transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum, HLHS/IAS hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact atrial septum, TAPVR total anomalous pulmonary venous return