is my mum talking a load of guff???

[iloveknitting]

my mum has told me that when my bubs is born i cant take it out of the house for the first few weeks because of its immune system! is it really dangerous to take my babby out for a stroll in its pram as a newborn? it sounds like old wives guff to me, not to mention i'll go insane being 24/7 housebound for weeks and i'd want bubs to get some fresh air in its lungs.

has anyone else been told this?

I was given the same advice 20years ago by the midwives. It was the mother who was advised not to go out for 10 days so that her womb had a chance to heal. Probably not bad advice. There were no restrictions put on the baby going out.

Total cobblers!

but on the flip side .. if you want to stay inside for a couple of weeks then that's fine too

2Happy - oh you may laugh BUT I distictly remember you phoning me up in a panic when you'd done aqua-aerobics while pg and were convinced that doing somersaults under water would have tied a knot in the umbilical cord.....

You fool !

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a friend of mine had a baby about 8 months ago and was given this advice when she left the hospital (to stay inside with the baby and not go out for a couple of weeks.)

I think it's rubbish too, but it's clearly still being propagated!

Real guff your baby is full up with your immunity which slowly wanes till first jabs..so the risk is probably highest at about 6 weeks...newborns have lots of immunity from mummy and her milk
I have a 6 yr old so reckon she will bring plenty of bugs home from school with her...am planning on doing the school walk as soon as possible with babe ...as (a) DD will be desperate to show her little sister off (b) it will make me get up and dressed ...and (c) can start walking off that baby weight

If you can get outside in the first week...then you did better than me....I stayed in my bathrobe for a month.

I would say that if you can get out in the first week then go for it, but don't feel that you have to.

I only managed the post cs shuffle from the hospital to the car in the first week.

my mum said that to only she said for 10 days bless them lol

load of rubbiish

Liath, nooooooo that wasn't me. That was, er... someone else. I think. Definitely not me. Noooo.