Can anyone tell me the logistics of getting to hold your baby flesh to flesh as soon as they are born?? Discussion of CS with my doc reveals that he thinks it is too hard to hold baby, because of the position of screen, sterile enviroment, and coolness of theatre. Has anyone got to hold there baby straight away and how was it done? I just imagined I could have her laid across me and both of us covered?? Maybe not that easy!!
Anyone give me a step by step way to make it happen??
Thanks, hope someone can help.
Where I had my boys (1 emerg and 1 elective cs) with elect cs DS2 was put next to my face for a min for me to see and touch him then was wrapped up as theatre is cold and then I held him well suported also by DH with his face against my face, once they were stiching up skin layer DS and DH were taken to another room and then I was transfered there as well for skin to skin contact and first BF so within 20 mins of baby being born, but with me during this time and not seperated for massive length of time. DS then stayed in bed with me skin to skin all the way back to the ward, once BF was complete he was wg and dressed, but by this time he was 1 and 1/2 hrs old.
However it depends on hospital staffing levels and how many mw they have avaialble when I had DS2 I had 1 mw take me down to theatre, 1 mw in waiting bay and then in cs then another mw and a nurse in recovery (nurse did obs mw was there for BF assistance and because mw needs to be there fir baby to stay, then ward mw came back to pick me up.
Other hospitals have 1 mw take you down and recieve baby at cs and need to go within 20 mins back to ward to care for other patients or pick up next cs patient.
I promise you you can hold your baby straight away. I have pictures of it on facebook of when DD2 was born (july 09) if you want to have a look. just seach for ryatha and when you request my friendship, let me know who you are.
What they did was ... DD2 was taken out and checked out by the paed on the baby station. DH cut her cord and she was semi wrapped up. Then they brought her over to me and was unwrapped and placed naked onto my stripped chest. We had about half hour skin to skin contact where she breast crawled and had her first BF there and then. A warmed blanket was placed over both of us and DH's hand stayed on her back as well.
It was wonderful and very easy thing to do. It was a bit cramped with the screen and all the wires but it just involved a couple of people helping (ie nurses and the anethetist) to help keep her in the right place. If you want more info, just let me know.
Feeb I have had the experience of a quick check over then a baby tightly wrapped come back to me for the next to me kind of experience then back in recovery first BF skin on skin..this time i feel the need for that skin on skin experince bonding of yours ryatha...(me ancient as far as technology goes and not enough hours in the day so no facebook for me!!!, unfortunate cause I would love to have a look)
What were you wearing, did they let you go in to theater naked?? I really wanted a VBAC and the doc I was seeing was happy to let me, but forgot to tell me he was leaving??? so now I am trying to get someone else to agree to let me try, but he is reluctant and would prefer me to elective CS...if I agree to that, or if it comes to that? there is no way I want to be any further ripped off, they will jsut have to find the way for me.
No sorry I wanted to but DH was not happy to, but took lots of pictures. If you look on youtube I am sure there is plenty thought it will just take time for you to filter through them to watch good ones.
Highly unlikely if you end up in an emergency c/s that you will get immediate skin to skin. They will take her to be looked at by the paed and they full around with them and wrap them because it is cold n the theatre. Also the way you are hooked up etc it can be logistically difficult .
Depending on the types of gowns etc also if you go in an emergency situation then you might not be able to get it off readily for skin to skin.
Having said all of that, you can have a c section these days where you can actually assist in pulling th baby out and have the immediate contact.
So you choice is risk the emergency cs or plan for a mother assisted cs or plan an elective cs around the notion of having skin to skin breast crawl etc.
Good luck
My c-section was an emergency but I had a birth plan which requested all the skintoskin immediately, and as I had my own midwife with me they organised it. My hospital was pretty good in agreeing to all of it, it was a bit difficult, you'll see in the photos, but worth it.
Pam - I could probably email a couple of the main photos which show how we managed it in theatre if you want me to. PM me to let me know
I was put in a gown that had ties on teh shoulders. When bubs came out, my midwife grabbed him and put his butt to my face before taking him away to give him a quick checkup then she bought him back, and put him on my chest, and held him there. I had no feeling from the neck down, so you need someone to hold bubs.
While I was in recovery, the midwife kept encouraging bubs to attach to my breast and had to hold him there for me, because I could not move my arms for about two hours afterwards.
Bubs wasn't measure or anything until we got back onto the ward. He travelled back to the ward wrapped up on my chest, with the midwife walking next to the bed, holding him in place.
I want to hold my baby as soon as she is born??
as soon as they are born?? Discussion of CS with my doc reveals that he thinks it is too hard to hold baby, because of the position of screen, sterile enviroment, and coolness of theatre. Has anyone got to hold there baby straight away and how was it done? I just imagined I could have her laid across me and both of us covered?? Maybe not that easy!!
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