post birth bonding and apgars testing

[TeniBear]

I forgot about the APGAR until I saw it on our discharge summary, that's how unobtrusive it was. 9 and 9 I'd love to know what the missing point was... My guess is that they took it away because she only had a one-second cry, then decided looking around was more interesting


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[HotI]

My LO went straight from vagina to my tummy (and stayed there) and she had APGARs of 6 and 8. I think she needed a bit of stimulation but this was done on my tummy by rubbing her down with a towel briskly (over the top of her with her skin on my skin). It should only be if baby needs oxygen or other help that they will need to go to the resus table, and this is usually in the same room as Mum.

I was at another birth where baby was born with very low APGARs, baby was briskly bought to Mum (less than a second) then moved to the resus table that was a couple of metres away. One support person was able to see what was happening and talk to Mum to let her know.