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Birth Story/Announcement

Nov 28, 2010 01:23

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habzamaphone November 28 2010, 12:34:59 UTC

Congrats! :)

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coolrunning November 28 2010, 14:55:21 UTC

When he was first born I was in a state of shock. I just looked at him and my SO and how they interacted. It was difficult because I couldn't hold him right away. When they took me in to see him after he was born I was in a lot of pain and could hardly sit up in bed, so I couldn't really reach in to touch him much. Once I got up to my room I started to really miss him though!

I visited him for about an hour earlier this morning and tried to breast feed. I can't say I feel 100% attached and bonded with him yet. It's hard because it's such a foreign experience to me, and I haven't had much time with him yet. I know I do miss him right now and I can't wait for the next time I get to see him!

anne_t_social November 28 2010, 15:15:03 UTC

I was wondering about this too. It seems like things are moving in a positive direction.

And congratulations. He's gorgeous. I just want to nibble on his little cheeks :)

irrelevancy November 28 2010, 14:11:16 UTC

Congrats! He is adorable :) I love chubby babies!

designingdreams November 28 2010, 15:06:46 UTC

Congrats on the handsome fella.

I have a couple questions, since I may be facing a c-section due to a breech baby (and yes, I have been trying EVERYTHING to flip her)...

-Why couldn't your partner cut the cord?
-What disabled you from holding your baby immediately after birth?

From my research, both of those things are possible after a section, so i'm just wondering what type of scenarios might happen that wouldn't allow for them. Thanks in advance for the info!

gen_here November 28 2010, 19:25:46 UTC

When a baby is born by c-section, it is a rare surgeon who will allow the dad (or whomever) into the "surgical field" (the area over the mom's open belly) to actually sever the cord from the placenta. In the event of a c-section, they usually clamp the cord close to baby and leave a LONG umbilical cord attached. Once the baby is over to the warmer, they allow the "cutter" to cut the cord again to a more normal length.

The fear with the surgical field is anything from infection to dad passing out at the sight of all mom's innerds =)

designingdreams November 28 2010, 21:43:01 UTC

Hmm, interesting! Thanks for the info. I'll have to talk to my doctor about this at my next appointment (which is a version). I'm still curious about not being able to hold the baby right after birth, from everything I've seen it's still possible to have skin-to-skin with the baby after a section, rather than using a warming table at all.

gen_here November 29 2010, 01:16:36 UTC

Right, but there are times when that isn't possible. Mom totally knocked out (general), mom having a reaction to the spinal and shaking too much, grave concern about the baby (true emergency sections - blue baby, knot in cord, heart issues, etc). Obviously I wasn't there for this baby's birth, but I bet the concern was the mom being a type 1 diabetic and they wanted to address the baby's blood sugar right away.

You're right - in many sections the mom should be able to hold the baby right away. If you're going to have a section "just" for a breech (in other words, your health and baby's health is fine - just baby's position could be an issue for a vaginal birth) and neither you nor the baby have medication reactions, it would seem that you would be able to hold the baby right away.

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elephantclouds November 28 2010, 15:49:06 UTC

I'm so excited for you! Congrats!