What do the doctors do after the baby is delivered?
drama_cat29 asked:
Do the doctors take the baby and clean it off? Or do they cut the umbilical cord and give the baby straight to you? Also do you have to stay over night in the hospital? And why?
Do the doctors take the baby and clean it off? Or do they cut the umbilical cord and give the baby straight to you? Also do you have to stay over night in the hospital? And why?
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They allow the father, or whom ever is in their with the mother to cut the umbilical cord, and ASAP hand it over to the attending nurse.. “I know, I was there”, then the nurse takes the baby and cleans the baby up. The doctor attends the mother, staple or sews the mother up if their is a “c” section or any apesiotomy or any other cuts that have to be sutured or any othe surgery.
Doctors want to feel in CONTROL of YOUR labor and birth, so they do things by ‘regulation’ and ‘procedure’ to get you in and out as soon as possible so they can either get on to the next woman, or finish their coffee, or go play golf!!!
YOU are in charge of your body, your labor, and your baby!!! YOU have every right to say what you want to happen after the baby is born. You can have them lay your baby on your chest, skin to skin and NOT wipe them off so you can try and breastfeed right away, you don’t have to cut the cord right away… it’s been proven VERY beneficial to leave the cord intact until it stops pulsing, or turns white (could be before the placenta is delivered, or after) as it is still delivering much needed oxygen to the baby…. and there is absoluely NO reason on earth why the baby needs to be weighed and mesured etc. RIGHT AWAY after birth except that all the paperwork is out of the way so the professionals can go about their other business.
Start standing up for yourselves!! Research the benefits of what is being done to your newborns and start demanding alternatives!!! As long as your baby doesn’t have any IMMEDIATE health concerns… then there’s no reason to separate you from your newborn. Read and speak up.
My doctor handed me the baby immediately and then my husband cut the cord. We held him for a minute or two and the nurse took him to clean him up while I got stitched up from the epesiotomy (sp). Then I took him and breastfed him right away.
You really need to stay overnight because of the possibility of hemmoraging and infection. The doctor also wants to make sure that you can have a bowel movement and urinate after delivery in case anything got damaged. Besides, it is good, especially if this is your first time, to be at the hospital so people can show you how to do things and most importantly, so someone can take the baby and you can get some rest. Labor is exhausting and so are the first few months(years?!) with your baby. If you plan on breast feeding, a lactation will come by to visit several times to help you get started. Oh yeah, and they won’t let your baby go home for at least 48 hours, so why would you want to leave?
Usually they plop a big sticky baby on you. They cut the cord and start waiting for the placenta. The nurse usually comes with towels and starts to wipe the baby off. They will then move the baby to a warmer at your bedside to evualate how he/she is doing, including doing apgar scores at 1 and 5 min. Then they get a shot, eye drops and are given back as long as everything is ok. The standard stay for a vaginal delivery is 24 hours. Its to make sure you can care for the baby and you and baby have no serious health issues that need to be addressed before leaving like you bleeding to heavy or baby not eating or breathing properly. Its nice to have the help at first, I found that I was so tired from delivery I loved the extra help that was provided. A birthing center will usually send you home after about 6 hours if everything is ok.
They put the baby on my tummy for a few mins…then the nurses took him to clean him. The doctor was making sure my placenta came out ok…then they make sure your not hemmoraging….then my doc stitched me up cuz I had tearing. I had to stay 2 nights although I delivered vaginally because I had gestational diabetes and they wanted to monitor my sons blood sugar levels.
when my son was born, the put him directly on my chest while the cord was still attached. after it had stopped pulsing, my husband cut the cord and they took the baby to clean him up and weigh him and measure him while the doctor stitched me up. after he was cleaned up, they wrapped him in a small blanket and put a hat on him and gave him to my husband. then we had time with him while the nurses were cleaning everything up.
i delivered 8:19pm monday night so we stayed that night (obviously) and another night because they wanted to do some tests and he wasn’t really latching on too well. we left on wednesday around 5pm.
After the baby is out, the doc cuts the cord and hands the baby to the nurse. She wipes the baby off just to dry it so it don’t get cold, then to the mom or dad to cuddly and bond. Then the doc waits for the placenta to come out, he inspects it to make sure it is all there.
The nurse has to do a on the baby soon as it is born called an APGAR which is mostly observing its color, breathing, activity.
Then the doc will finish by stitching up the area if needed.
But for the most part, if everything is going well, the mom gets to bond with the baby very soon after birth, like within minutes.
Birth, the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen!
It’s up to you when they cut the cord, you can hold baby and wait for a bit to have the cord cut. Ask to hold the baby right away beforehand if that’s what you want. They examine the newborn and weight it at some point soon after the birth. The baby will get bathed at some point, if baby cuddles you a while first it’s better to keep the tempurature up. They like you to stay 1-2 days after birth to monitor you, your bleeding, watch for infections, blood pressure, etc.
The placenta has to come out, sometimes they give you an injection of Pitocin and pull the cord, or they just wait til it detaches and you push it out. I prefer the latter choice myself but if you had drugs in labor the first might be safer.
If you request to have the baby given directly to you after birth they’ll give it to you, but if you don’t request that they’ll take the baby to be cleaned up, and the doctors will remove the afterbirth and stitch you up, if you need it. Yes they typically have you stay at least one night, just to make sure the baby is eating correctly and having bowl movements and urinating enough. They also have you stay as a precaution to yourself to make sure everything is ok with you, especially if you’ve had an epidural.
They usually put the baby on your chest straight after it is born before they cut the cord or even clean it. Once it is up there the nurses start to cleean it off a bit and then they cut the cord and you deliver the placenta.
You stay sometimes 3 days after you have a baby. It really depends if you deliver on a weekend or not. If you deliver on a Friday or Saturday you are stuck til Monday for sure because there is a lot of paperwork to file and it needs to be done on a weekday.
If you have a boy, you have to stay til he is circumcised. So it may take the weekend also. I know I was stuck with my 2 younger ones that were born on Saturdays and I got out the next day with my oldest who was born on a Thursday.
If you have a C-Section, you will stay longer. If there is something wrong with the baby, they will whisk it away and you will not see it until all the tests are done or until it is set up in the NICU. Hopefully it won’t come to that. Either way you will leave after 24 hours or so depending on the days and situation and the baby will stay (only if very ill) and you can come see it. Otherwise they like you to be there for 24 hours at least.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Depends on the doc and the situation. some will flop the slimy baby up on your tummy umbilical cord and all. Some will cut and clean first. I didn’t get my baby for 10-15 minutes as she didn’t cry so they thought something was wrong with her. You do not HAVE to stay however, most hospitals like you to stay for 24 hours after the baby is born, as they usually do baby’s first check up at that point.
They cut the umbilical cord or the dad… then pass it to you, then the nurse will clean the baby. I stayed for 2 days with my first baby then 4 days with my 2nd due to a c-section, you stay to get some rest and to keep an eye on you and baby just incase if their is complications after.
They show you it first then take it, clean it off, put antibacterial stuff in their eyes, make sure it is breathing, just make sure everything is ok overall. My doctor told me I would stay 2 days probably. They just want to make sure the mom and baby are both doing good.
Some of this depends on your doctor… I delivered at a Catholic hospital and the first thing they do after cutting the imbilical cord is put that baby on your chest so he/she can start breastfeeding. It is amazing to see how quickly they learn and know just what to do.
I have heard though that if you’re delivering at a hospital that isn’t pro breastfeeding then they’ll take your baby away and clean him/her up and do some tests before you even get to see him/her. For breastfeeding, that is bad news.
Make sure you discuss this with your OB so you can both be on the same page.
You should stay overnight in the hospital one night… your body has a lot of things to recover from…
they cut the cord. wipe the baby off and let you hold it. yes you must stay in the hospital for at least 24 hrs after birth for observation to make sure you and the baby are all right.
Doctors dont take the baby the nurses do shortly after delivery, and then bring them back to you, the cord is cut after it quits pulsing, so the baby gets all the blood from the cord. Most doc’s put the baby on your chest immediately after delivery and before the cord is cut, in the hospital you generall stay overnight due to policy, birthing centers you can go home after 6-8 hrs
you stay over night for usually two nights, more if its a c. I remember after having my daughter as soon she came out they threw her on my belly and then I have no idea what happened from there. your dct will not leave you, the nurses will take the baby and clean it up. the dct needs to make sure all is ok with you down there, and deliever the placenta yet.
Wash their hands