Not only was my DS slimy, he pooed on me as I was holding him and we just wiped it off with it a little bit of a laugh. It was fabulous (not the poo, but the vernix/amniotic fluid), he smelt great! I didn't give him a bath until day four, I just enjoyed sniffing him and only gave him a bath after he had that awful smelly gel put on his head to do the hearing test. Nothing beats new baby smell, not the artificial smell of shampoo etc, but the real deal. I remember when I was pregnant watching a doco where one of the dads said he just wanted to lick his son after he was born and I was like all EWWWW!! But I kind of get the compulsion, I wouldn't do it mind you, but I understand what he means now.
We had our water birth, and I carried him from the bath to the bed, still attached, and I didn't notice it. What I did notice was that looking at the video of the 2 births after was that the birth where he was washed & wrapped before Pip came to me, it was a very "clinical" birth. Where Will was placed on me before washing and we did the breast crawl was so much more relaxed and I think I actually bonded with him so much better. Just go with the flow, if you want him bathed, then you could ask your DH to do it and bond that way, or you could put a warm washer over him while on your tummy.
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