What does baby wear right after birth?

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FTM question while packing hospital bag.

I am packing vests, bodysuits, hats, mittens, swaddle and cellular blankets for her, but wondering which of these actually the baby would wear right after birth, I mean literally right after being taken out of me (she will be delivered via c-section).

Will the midwives use a hospital blanket/towel to wrap around her or is it something we should take with ourselves to the theatre?

Also, at what point during the hospital stay, do we need to switch from towel/swaddle to baby clothes such as vests and sleepsuits? Do they need clothes just before being discharged or during the whole stay in the postnatal ward?

Sorry if the questions sound a bit silly but I am relatively new in the UK and don't know what's the norm in the hospitals around here.

They’ll wrap her in a towel / blanket initially. You don’t need to bring that.

Then once you’re in recovery you (more likely your partner or the midwife) will get her dressed in a vest & sleepsuit. She needs clothes for the whole time you stay in hospital.

You need to bring nappies too.

Have her first outfit + nappy in a little bag (freezer bags are great) so it’s easy to grab or get someone else to grab.

I didn’t have a c section but doubt it matters. Once mine were born they were wrapped up in a hospital and handed over to me. At some point later that day we dressed them in sleep suits, did nappies etc and promptly realised DD was far too little for the clothes we’d brought. DH had to go to mothercare for tiny babies. They’ll need clothes throughout though in my experience maternity wards are warmer than toast so they didn’t need their blankets much.

Mine were given to me wrapped in a hospital towelly blankety thing. Then Dp dressed them in babygros while they cleaned me up a bit. Hospitals are notoriously airless and hot, so they didn't need more than a hat and a light blanket. I was obsessed with their going home outfits, so we changed them into that just before we left.

Hi op, i had a c section 2 years ago.

Before i went into theatre DH was asked to bring a nappy, hat and blanket. When she was born after I saw her and ahe was weighed she had a nappy put on and hat/blanket to keep her warm whilst i had a cuddle.

After about an hour DH dressed her in a vest and sleepsuit and hat and swaddled her in a few blankets. Then for the duration of our stay it was just fresh vest and sleepsuits until we were discharged. The only other thing we took was a cardigan for the way home.

Typically they'll tell the dad to get a nappy babygro & vest ready close to delivery. Bit different with a section but same principal.

• principle.

They asked us to bring a vest, babygrow nappy and hat in. I wanted skin to skin, so they put a nappy on, wrapped them in a blanket and put their hat on. They didn’t put clothes for a while later.

2 c sections here. My husband was asked to bring a nappy with him to theatre and once they were born then popped a nappy on and wrapped them in a hospital towel and put a hat on (provided by the hospital both times). Did skin to skin in recovery. Once we were back on the ward I got them dressed in a short sleeved vest and babygrow. Cellular blankets will be provided whilst you're in hospital but you'll need a blanket to put over them in the car seat when you go home (assuming winter baby).

UCLH asked me to bring a hat and a nappy to my ELCS last year. I didn’t actually put clothes on her for ages, they wrapped her up on a towel and she did skin to skin for the next 5-6 hours under a towel and blanket back in the postnatal ward.

full length ball gown. something with sequins is preferred. has to be a memorable and unique piece to celebrate the first day of her life. hair won't be in the best state, so I reccommend a full coverage tiara. house of garrard has some nice options...

You might have meant this jokingly, @therealcookiemonster but it comes across as rude. The op has already said she's new to the UK.
Op, I would take several different sizes of baby clothes, even if you know roughly how heavy your baby will be. My DGD was just over 8lbs and too big for some things. It doesn't help that some brands are sized up to one month, some newborn, some up to 7lbs etc.

Ignore the miseries and don't forget the cute and totally OTT 'going home outfit' which for mine was a little soft trouser and jacket thing with matching hat booties and mittens, as they were boys, and I still have it today, eldest just started university! Yes it's totally unnecessary. Yes they could go home perfectly happily in a vest, babygro and blanket that they will have been in during your hospital stay and will be in at home for the next 8 weeks. But this will literally be all that you have to look forward to for the few days you are stuck in the post natal ward 😂 (be warned, they can be pretty grim IL UK NHS).

I kept all of my DC’s first baby grows, something to consider if you want to do this. With my third, at home, I sent my DH to get a different babygrow for this reason 😀

Vaginal birth but baby was passed to me for skin to skin, a hat (hospital provided but I did take my own) put on her and a towel to cover her whilst we did skin to skin. She was then weighed, partner put a nappy on and he did skin to skin while I was being stitched, then she came back to me and had her first breastfeed. Partner then put her in vest and sleepsuit. It was about four hours after birth that she was dressed. We did lots of skin to skin so she was in a nappy and cellular blanket covering her but other than that she wore a vest and a babygrow, the hat wasn't needed once we left the delivery room to go to labour ward. We did have a going home outfit but it was a babygrow which was the first thing I bought her.

Take nappies, vests and baby grows.

You probably won’t need a blanket in hospital but take one for putting on the baby in the car seat on the way home.

I’ve had 2 c sections in the last 2 years. The first time I was asked to bring just a nappy in to theatre and the second time I was asked to bring a nappy and a hat. Both babies were wrapped in hospital towels and a hat was provided for my first baby. You will need vests and sleepsuits for the next day or two. I packed enough for 2 days both times. Had to send DH for more clothes the second time as we were in longer.

You may want to do lots of skin to skin in which case baby will be in a nappy covered with a blanket. The blanket from just after birth gets pretty gross and everytime baby is sick or wees you may end up with a dirty blanket so make sure you take a few. If you drive in it is a good idea to have a bag of extras in the car or easily accessible at home for your partner to bring in each day if he is going home.

Dd was out in a wee hospital gown and hospital blanket as I had to be rushed from the ward to the delivery suite and didn't get my bag until hours after birth and I changed her into a baby grow at some point that day.

Ds we had the bag and he went straight into his own baby grow.

@Papergirl1968 people from outside the uk also have a sense of humour.

ps I am Bangladeshi

I think I have some sense of humour tablets somewhere, would you like some?

At no point did I suggest people from outside the UK didn't have a sense of humour, CookieMonster. I just said you may have intended your comment to be humorous but it came across as rude.
I don't see what being Bangladeshi has to do with it, and no my sense of humour is just fine thanks. 🤷

My baby was delivered via c-section. They popped his hat on him (that I brought with me into theatre) and he was wrapped in a hospital provided towel
I then I just placed the towel over him so we could do skin to skin.
The midwives told me he was fine to be naked with just a towel until we wanted to put him down / stop doing skin to skin. He then needed to be dressed to keep him warm.
I was in hospital with him for 5 days after birth and he spent a lot of time with just a hat and a nappy on as I did lots of skin to skin.

I had an emergency c section. When I went through to recovery, baby was wrapped in a white sheet with a cellular blanket on top (hospital ones). My bags had been brought down from the ward to recovery whilst I was in theatre and shortly after the midwife put a nappy on her.

Baby wasn't actually dressed in vest and baby grow until we were taken up to the postnatal ward. A midwife dressed her, swaddled her and put her down to sleep as it was the middle of the night and DH wasn't allowed on the ward with me.

Is it bad I can't even remember getting my first dressed.

I've had a planned cesarean and a vbac in the last 5 years. Neither time did anyone put a nappy on baby - the first peed on me while still in theatre, the second pooped on me while breastfeeding and me being stitched. The (same) hospital put a hat on both and wrapped them in one of those towel blankets.

Both wore vest and sleepsuit while in hospital. No blankets or hats after the first couple of hours, those places are hotter than the sun!