The First Moments Of Your Baby's Life
During pregnancy you sit for hours and imagine how your baby isgoing to look like and how will he or she feel the first timeyou are going to hold him. You wonder how birth for him is. Howa normal baby looks, how will he react in is first ho...
...urs oflife. Let's answer some of these questions.1. What does birth mean for the baby?Imagine you are in a place in total security, warmth and withoutpain or any discomfort at all and suddenly from there you seemto get pushed and thrown into a world of intense sensations:light, cold, smells, noises. Your back is for the first timestraight and your lungs fell funny and burn a little. And nowimagine that you are going back to that universe of warmth; youfeel the mother's skin and that feeling of safety when in herarms. in an ideal world the baby has just a few moments of thehush reality before he is returned to his mother's arms.2. What is the baby going to look like?His head might seem a little too big. He might have a pink ordarken color or his hands and feet might be a little blue. Allthis is normal and the stains and strange colors will disappearin 24-48 hours.3. What does the baby feel in his first hours?The first hour from the life of your baby is critical. Thetransaction to the real life is hard and he has to adjust. Ifyou need to know more, ask the doctor and the nurse about whatthey are doing to him and their results. You are allowed to askand receive answers, after all it is your baby.4. When is the right time to get close to the baby?The baby can make contact with the mother just after the fewmoments in which he is going to cry. If the room is not toobright, he will open his eyes and concentrate on his mother'sface.5. Is it normal for a baby to want to go the sleep right afterbirth?Birth is an exhausting experience and after an hour passes themother and the baby must be left to sleep for a couple of hours.Also it is not unusual for the baby to sleep 4-8 hours more;maybe he will awake from time to time to get some food.
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