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Hon, you can request all his testing be done at bedside.
And, one trick I learned with my last baby, request that YOU give baby his first bath. Turns out, technically hospital staff consider the vernix and amniotic fluid a bodily fluid. So, until baby is bathed, they will wear gloves and avoid touching baby as much as possible.
For my first after placing, I agreed to let her go to the nursery for just ONE hour. Her Daddy stayed glued at her side for that hour and I was at the nurses' station demanding her return when 1 hour was up. Last time, I requested all testing at bedside and that we give her bath. We also got an early discharge from the hospital and were home within 6 hours from giving birth (it was a transported homebirth). Even when we changed rooms, I just wrapped her up in blankets, covered her so no one could see, touch or do anything and we rode in a wheelchair together to the post-partum room.
What is it like to hold that first post-placement baby? Pure joy. I don't think I ever felt anything so amazing in my life. After months of being convinced I would lose her as punishment for not wanting my first, to finally hold her and realize that I was MOM was just amazing. I don't think I slept for 2 days after I got to gaze at her face.
Nearly 7 years (and 4 more children) later, its still just as amazing. I don't think I take my motherhood for granted. I know what the pain of transferring that motherhood to someone else felt like, and I am proud that I have been blessed with my amazing kids now.
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