Hi ladies

I'm just in the process of putting our birth plan down and have been using Kelly's template (think its linked from one of her articles about birth plans). On there is the point that after the birth, the baby and mother be allowed to bond and attempt first bf before measurements, weighing etc are done.

Whilst I quite like the idea of being able to bond straight away and have that skin-to-skin and bf, how does that work with the apgars testing which to my understanding is measured at one and five minutes post birth? Is it really that important? (of course unless there is obvious medical need)

thanks for your thoughts or comments