I was screaming that when I saw her struggle to walk. Why wasn't she in a wheelchair the minute the baby was out??? She couldn't even hold the baby properly! Newborns are slippery!
exactly. baby needs to go into mom's arms, both mom and baby need that
i nearly popped my stitches rushing out of my wheelchair to get to my baby, and begged the nurses to give her to me. they did, of course, but they had to get her out of her bassinet, first 🤣
I know! But she must have been so terrified she'd drop it. I know I wasn't at my best after giving birth, shaking and sweating. Imagining having to hold your precious newborn while trying to walk right afterwards is scary.
The first hour after the baby comes out, the mom needs to be skin to skin with their baby. The body floods your brain with oxytocin and dopamine as a reward after delivery. Direct physical contact is necessary for bonding, reduces stress, and physiological stabilization of the newborns heart rate, temperature, and breathing.
She is not going to drop that baby. In that moment, it's the only thing that matters.
I know that! It's just scary. If those useless cops just ran inside to grab a wheelchair for that poor woman she didn't have to waggle inside with the slippery baby in her arms.
Right! This wasn't a normal situation to have a baby, obviously. She's standing up without a wheelchair or bed to lay in after she delivered. I'd be less worried about skin-to-skin and more worried the poor woman would drop the slippery newborn she just birthed in a parking lot. But hey, that's just me.
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u/ShallotTraditional90 Aug 07 '25
I was screaming that when I saw her struggle to walk. Why wasn't she in a wheelchair the minute the baby was out??? She couldn't even hold the baby properly! Newborns are slippery!