So today I was lucky enough....

[PumpkinZulu]

I dont see how first making sure your baby is okay to be trauma? Pretty selfish. Its you making sure your needs are met before the baby's. Anyway as I said its my opinion, I hope everything goes to plan.

I think because not every bub born needs to be checked over straight away, it's only if something is wrong that it becomes necessary, and if there is an issue, the doctors will pick that up fairly quickly and take bub to the resus table. Placing bub immediately on mums chest starts a whole wonderful hormonal process off for baby and mother, so it is beneficial if there isn't an emergency. I can see how the usual checks could be scary for a baby that didn't need it, all the movement and routine suctioning and stuff. I think it's whatever each individual feels comfortable with; at the end of the day, nobody will be able to tell the two babies apart, there won't be any long term affects and both bubs would be happy and healthy, so it's totally personal preference and doesn't matter so long as you (collective) feel happy with the outcome I don't think it's selfish to want one thing over the other. I can totally understand why you'd want a bub checked over asap, and that's pretty warranted and fair enough IMO!

[blessedatlast]

Well said PZ.. I do think it is c section for babies could possibly be traumatic, 1 min tucked up safe and warm in Mum's Tum, the next ripped into a bright cold world being poked and prodded. I do agree with PZ, there is nothing wrong with getting the baby checked over, I just would prefer not to immediately if it's not neccessary..

PZ - Did you mean tell you more about the Lap? You wrote Alp Lol.. What do you wanna know, I watched it on the screen, but I didn't have a commentary (sp?) so I didn't know what I was looking at most of the time lol.