Visitors and going out with a new baby.

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Just wondering for those of you who are due soon what your thoughts are on having visitors and people holding baby once born? Also just an example but my daughter will need new shoes ready for school in September and my baby is due on 20th August so that would mean a trip to a shopping centre, would you feel happy taking a new born baby out to the shops or anywhere out and about really at the moment? Thanks ladies.

DP is currently making the rounds calling his family and alerting them that we will be requesting masks, hand washing and clean clothes on visits. I'm 38+5 and we have only just thought about this.

Im also wondering this, im currently 40+1 now and will need to go shopping for our DD for back to school clothes once our baby is here. We are hoping to squeeze in some days out too like the 'seaside' or the 'zoo' before back to school too with us spending the majority of our time staying in and not seeing many people. Im confused as whats safe to do with a newborn as ive read so many different things.. i think we will be letting close family visit (one family at a time) and staying on top of hygiene washing hands before they hold her. If this is the new normal for now, so need to work around it. I don't want family missing out on these special times like they have throughout the pregnancy, we are going to ask friends to wait a little longer. Although im very nervous about the whole situation still i think we have to plan ahead a little.

@Rainbow714 Hi again 🤗. We are thinking the same with having close family (literally just our parents and siblings) come over 1 household at a time and to wash hands, wear a mask, and give them a clean blanket/muslin to put between them and the baby if they have a hold. I don't think any of them would expect and differently tbh and people don't tend to hold new borns for very long anyway. We will spread out chairs and open all the windows and give everything a good wipe before/after they come.

Extended family and friends we will try to take the baby out when we are ready to a park or something and tell people that we are there and would they like to come and meet the baby.

I'm not 100% comfortable with it tbh, I think after being classed as 'vulnerable' being pregnant it's going to take some adjusting to do things like have people over even though it's technically allowed. I know that holding a baby is far from social distancing but with the hygiene measures we will do and trusting people have been sensible, I think having a newborn cuddle is an opportunity I don't want to take from our parents and siblings. I completely understand if people don't allow anyone to touch their baby though and I wouldn't expect to hold anyone else's. Argh!

Been mulling over this too. My midwife said to wait a fortnight between seeing any visitors from outside my household. Which I think is acceptable.
But I am anxious about family & friends after this time. I've got 2 ends of the spectrum where some are working in hospitals & care-homes to others not even complying with masks in shops which makes me worry immensely.
I've already said about the 2-week wait & they were shocked. But we have to keep our babies safe. As a previous poster has said, I think guests to the house need to wash hands, sanitizer close by & wearing of masks. And if people aren't happy with this, then they can go in their merry way 👌🏻☺️

Rather than getting people to wear masks etc in your home, you could always ask those close family/friends to be extra cautious and socially distance in the 2 weeks prior to birth (assuming baby comes on time!) So trying time do online food shops etc so they're very low risk of having it. I'm not sure for a few months yet but my parents have already said they'll try and isolate/be extra careful leading up to due date x

Hi @Nellie3 we are allowing family that we can trust and know they wouldn't come if they were feeling unwell, friends and extended family we will arrange to see outside and unfortnatly they wont be able to hold straight away. Its been such a crappy time to be pregnant and have a baby,

@Chocforthewin i agree, we have got to keep our babies safe people should understand this. Got to do whats besr for our babies ❤