Ok, stupid obsessive control-freak first timer question here - but my current 3am-can't-get-to-sleep worry is about the 24 hours directly after childbirth. What the hell happens? How do you know what to do? What if he/she cries all night and you've not slept for 30 hours? Is there a certain amount of colostrum he/she's meant to have? Do you put him/her in a cot or sleep in your bed with him/her (I'm hopefully having a homebirth). How many nappy changes would you expect? How do you know if something's wrong?
I can just imagine the midwife saying 'well done, I'm off now' and me and DH being left with this new life, and thinking 'WTF do we do now?'
As you can see, I'm panicking - and I'm only at 30 weeks so any calming thoughts/advice/experience would be most helpful!
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snowymum · 29/07/2008 09:07
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