Holding baby

[jillsy2535]

Hi. I'm due to give birth tomorrow. Just wondering what people's rules are with family member holding Newborn. It would only be grandparents and aunts butbfeelingbaxsious about anyone holding baby incase of infections.

When ours was born in summer we just let grandparents hold her and that was it. But restrictions were relaxed then and cases very low. With cases so high now we wouldn’t have let anyone hold her. You can form a support bubble as you will have a baby under one with one other household so maybe pick the safest option and only let them hold?

Just to say my reasoning was that before their injections and when they are newborn their immune systems are very immature. Getting covid and something else at the same one would be very bad and they are so little. It was advised by the midwives (not official advice) to wait until after the 8 week injections to let family hold baby. Also to isolate for two weeks after leaving the hospital as you are then high risk to others.

I'm having mine Friday and think this has just hit home. I hadn't thought overly about it as don't see anyone really at moment.

The more I now lie awake worrying the more I think nobody.

I had a baby during the first lockdown. It’s worth remembering that if you have contact with HCPs or go to hospital then you and the baby may well be more of a risk to family members than the other way round, though I know it doesn’t feel that way. After a couple of weeks my mum came to stay with us and she held the baby

It's a hard one. I'm due to give birth in a few weeks. We've been super cautious all pregnancy but I think we're going to have to let close family have a hold - it's the first grandchild on DH's side, his DM is pretty unwell and it's really important to him (and me) that she gets to meet and hold the baby. It's a risk as she has carers in and out every day so could be exposed, but I guess we have to balance the risks. We also have to consider the risk of giving it to her of course! Any contact will have to be quite brief and outdoors I think. My mum will be helping us out quite a bit I imagine, but she's been specially isolating herself for the last few weeks so we can be effectively one household, so I'm not too worried about that.

I may be overly cautious, but I wouldn't let them hold the baby at all.

I think if one of the gps waa very unwell, like the pp's situation though, yes, I'd let them hold the baby.

I fully expect that I'll let family hold my newborn (due in a few weeks), though outside where that's how we're allowed to see them in general. In general I haven't really been doing anything differently to how I would if I weren't pregnant (though I've been staying within rules, as I would if not pregnant), but I have a teacher DH and a 2 year old in nursery so there's a certain amount of risk that I can't eliminate and accept. In the same way, it doesn't feel like the biggest risk to DC2 will be a 10 minute cuddle with nana. I think I'd have been much more worried if it were my first, and to be honest I'm glad it's not - it would have been more possible for us to isolate more totally then and I think that would have made me very anxious about whether we should.

Our 5 week old hasn't met anyone yet, we ll be letting his grandparents and great grandparent and aunt and uncle hold him at Christmas as they either have worked from home or won't have been in school for long enough so doesn't feel too much of a risk, anyone else won't be holding him till spring time I think.

I’ve got a 6 week old who hasn’t met any family yet. PILs are driving down just before Christmas for the day and I will let them hold her outside. I think the risk to the baby is minimal but really don’t want DH or me to catch it because would be a nightmare being ill and looking after baby (who is ebf) and toddler. PILs are both teachers in a tier 3 area so quite risky but at the same time I want them to be able to hold her. Might get them to wear a mask as well as being outside.