Family holding baby (covid-19)

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Hi everyone. Wanted to get insight on what people are going to do re letting family hold baby after it’s born. I’m due to give birth this week and have been socially distancing rigidly throughout my pregnancy. However my family and my husbands family have not been socially distancing from each other or their friends at all. We have key workers in each of our families too and children who have been going to nursery, which increase the risk of the virus.
We are planning to self isolate for 2 weeks after the birth so that we don’t potentially pass on the virus after going into hospital, but am unsure when to allow family to get close. What are you all planning to do? And have you been socially distancing throughout your pregnancy?

I m not due until October so haven't made a definite decision yet, been strictly social distancing since lockdown started and will likely want to do so a couple of weeks before my due date and then possibly after the birth.

Our family are a bit of a distance away and I think most will understand if we want people to hold off meeting them for a bit, might consider going to see family ourselves once baby is older near Christmas but I know the majority of them having been quite sensible, if they hadn't I wouldn't be comfortable with it.

DS arrived this week and we’ve discussed this at length. We live abroad and both sets of parents are visiting in the next couple of weeks. They’re staying in hotels and we’ve said we’ll meet them under social distancing rules. So 1.5m apart and no holding him. It’s heartbreaking but we can’t take the risk.

Social distancing is still in force so nobody is allowed to be holding your baby unless they are a household member or a single adult in a “bubble” with you. It’s tough but it’s the safest option for now.

I've been distancing for 4 months now. Baby is due this month.

We are planning on only letting family who have also been socially distancing to hold baby. So basically my parents and in-laws. Other family members and friends have been working and meeting other people so that's a definite no. Not even socially distanced visiting. Only way I'd let anyone else have a hold is if they isolated for 2 weeks before meeting baby.

I’m due today! I’ve only seen a couple of friends at distance in the garden during pregnancy. My parents have been very careful, only going out to walk the dog so in the last couple of weeks my mum has come into our flat. My mum will continue to be the only person coming into our home for the foreseeable future. I may let others see the baby at distance in the garden.
I’m a FTM so don’t know how I'm going to feel yet but my thoughts right now are that I wouldn’t let anyone hold the baby apart from me and my husband. I don’t even see why my mum would need to hold the baby. I don’t really get why other people need to hold them in general, it’s nice for the person but is there any benefits for the baby? Certainly with the virus around I dong think it’s worth letting other people hold them