DDs apgar was done and no one ever touched her. DH didnt even know they had been carried out. She wasnt weighed, measured etc until much later and that was only at my request.
I asked the midwife who attended the birth when she was doing apgars, and she said she'd already done them, and they were (can't remember the numbers!)!!!!! She didn't take Will to weigh him until after the 3rd (physiological) stage and he'd completed his breast crawl.
Looking at the video of private hospy with OB vs birth centre with midwife, one has bright lights, medical staff and screaming baby, the other has dim lights, mewing baby and wondrous parents with the unobtrusive movements of a midwife.
its not a specific test, its something done in retrospect, numbers out of 10 assigned according to the babies condition. If the baby needs oxygen etc that will be attended to as needed and the 'apgars' worked out later. I hope nothing comes between you and your baby! best wishes x ps the vast majority of babies have 9/10 apgars and need no interference
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