Some thoughts on baby's first hour...

Came back from the Parent Link postnatal course ... and learned an important lesson. When the baby was born, who actually gave the rights to the doctors to move the baby away from the mom, the dad? This is a question that we may want to think...

Today, hospital are clean, they have SOP - Standard Operating Procedures. And yes, the SOP will ensure the baby chances of getting infected, but these SOP does not care about the "human touch". Are we very sure that the baby, when he/she is born, she wanted to be clean up, or wash up? Are you sure, he/she wants a needle to poke into his arm or legs for vaccination? Are you sure, he/she wants to be weighted on the scale? Although staying in the infant care room is good, are you sure the baby wanted to be separated from his/her parents?

The baby is seeking to build a bond when there are born. Look at the puppies, or the kittens, when they are born, they will automatically stay close to the mother's body as the mother's body will automatically adjust the temperature to protects the baby. Then, the baby started to amazingly looking for the milk from mommy. So, the scary thought is... if the baby is born and separated immediately from the mother, and placed into a room that has all these equipment then, may be the baby will bond, but he/she will bond to the equipment, the lights, instead of the mother.. what a scary thoughts...

After taking yesterday lesson, which is our last, there are some deep thoughts of changing the birth plans. We have not thought of so much during Jay's birth. But for baby "K". I think we wanted to do something special... this is what we going to try to do...

- Dad has no rush for cutting the cord

- Baby will go directly to mommy's body for skin to skin contact to enjoy the
happiness the parents are feeling... and thus build a very very deep bond with
the baby...

- Baby to room in with mommy

- mommy will start to feed the baby....

Oh yes, beside this bonding knowledge, we also benefited a lot from the breast feeding lesson... it is really different when the postnatal course was taught by a pro in breast feeding... I think my wife learn so much yesterday.. and this time, I think we are going to do a lot a lot of the right thing - the natural way...

Can't want to see Baby "K" to be born... still waiting... still waiting...