Can I ask how quickly those of you who have experience of CS were allowed skin to skin?
I always thought you were given the opportunity ASAP but the lady doing one of my antenatal classes last night implied that with CS the first 'real' prolonged skin to skin and attempted first feed session can be delayed for hours
It also worries me that on TV programmes after a CS the baby is always wrapped in a towel and then given to mom (whilst she's being stitched up etc) and she is advised to put baby down the front of her hospital gown. But it isn't skin to skin when the baby's in a towel is it?!
I'm having a CS in 6 weeks and feeling genuinely anxious about missing out on such an important stage
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CS and Skin to Skin
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Writerwannabe83 · 05/02/2014 19:09
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