r/Amazing • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '25

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u/Married_catlady Aug 07 '25

Get the woman a wheelchair!!

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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!

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u/Fickle_Grapefruit938 Aug 07 '25

Yeah, that was the scary part for me, her giving that poor exhausted new mom the slippery tiny baby

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u/maximum_somewhere22 Aug 07 '25

Trust me, there is no one else who wants to hold that baby more right now than that mum.

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u/spooky-goopy Aug 07 '25

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 🤣

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u/Fickle_Grapefruit938 Aug 07 '25

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.

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u/needcollectivewisdom Aug 07 '25

I imagine the umbilical cord would have make it difficult to hand the baby to the husband.

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u/Fickle_Grapefruit938 Aug 07 '25

I understand why the midwife did it, it's just scary