Which sort of blanket do they wrap baby in after a c-section?

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I'm having an ELCS in seven weeks time, and when I was running through some details with our consultant the other day, he said that as soon as baby was whipped out of me he would need to be quickly dried and wrapped in a blanket before being passed back to me so that he doesn't get cold.

I want to buy a blanket and sleep snuggled up with it for a few days before our ELCS so that it smells of me, the theory being that they can use it instead of a general hospital blanket.
I don't have a clue which sort to buy though, does anyone know which type of blanket would normally be used to dry and wrap a c-section baby please? I thought perhaps a swaddling type of, but I'm really not sure.

Any advice greatly appreciated thanks!

Fwiw, I couldn't hold DS while I was being stitched up as I lost a bit too much blood and went all quivery (normal, nothing to worry about) so once we had had a look and he had been weighed and had his digits counted a billion times, DH held DS the whole time and he was just in an NHS towel which is now at home it would have been very easy to pop a blanket on him at this point. A lot of the gunk had been rubbed off and he just had some vernix left, which gets absorbed into their skin anyway.

hazeyjane thank you, that makes me feel better, and thanks, it hasn't been plain sailing that's for sure. I'm sorry you went through such a difficult time .

slithy that sounds like a really good idea thanks, DH could swap the blankets/towels over at that stage, it might help him feel more involved too as he's worried about not being able to do anything to help, he knows he won't be able to be that involved, but he's naturally worried about baby and I.

I think it is a lovely idea. I thought about it too but never got around to it. My husband ended up having skin on (slightly hairy) skin while I was in recovery :)

In hindsight I wish I'd asked for skin on skin in recovery because there was nothing wrong with either of us and I was the only person there but it was a lovely experience for my husband....even if he was still a bit shell shocked by it all

I think it's a lovely idea xx

Thanks Pinkie and Tranquility I'm really hoping all goes to plan and that it works out as I'm hoping.

I had immediate skin to skin after my recent c section - she was plonked pretty much straight on me, and stayed while I was being stitched up. Blanket just put on top of her and me. No danger of getting cold because of my body heat. I didnt get to hold either of my previous two dcs so it was magical. Not much arm strength needed either since I was lying down. Worth asking anaesthetist if that is something you might like to do if possible - I asked surgeon beforehand and she didnt know, in fact she was occupied at the business end, it was anaesthetist who sorted out gown etc so it could happen.

Mine wasn't wrapped in anything for quite some time. As soon as he was pulled out he was weighed and then put down my DH's theatre top for skin to skin contact. DS remained naked inside my husband's top for about 45 minutes then they wrapped him in a blanket for DH to carry him through to recovery. I wouldn't have a clue what kind of blanket though