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  1. Oct 30, 2023 · Not sure what happens after baby is born? From cutting the cord to the Apgar test, find out the procedures doctors do following baby's birth.

    • How Your Baby Will Look and Behave After Birth
    • The Apgar Score
    • When Your Baby Needs Medical Help After Birth
    • Checks and Medicines in The First 24 Hours

    It’s normal for your baby to look blue, purple or dark red in the first few minutes after birth. If your baby is breathing well, your baby’s skin colour will gradually become pink within 7-10 minutes after birth. Your baby’s hands and feet might stay blue for up to 24 hours. This is because the blood vessels in your baby’s hands and feet are very s...

    The Apgar score is a rating of your baby’s heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, response to stimuli and skin colour. A score of 0, 1 or 2 is given for each of these 5 criteria, and the total is the Apgar score. The maximum Apgar score is 10. Your baby’s Apgar score measures how well your baby has made the transition from life inside the womb to life...

    If your baby isn’t breathing well after birth and needs help to breathe, has a low heart rate (below 100 beats per minute) or is floppy, your baby will be taken quickly to the warming station. Staff will decide what sort of extra medical help your baby needs. A doctor, midwife or neonatal nurse might clear your baby’s airways and help your baby to ...

    Within the first hour of birth, the midwife will put 2 name tags on your baby. Your baby will also be weighedat some time in the first few hours. When weighing your baby, the midwife will do a quick physical check. The midwife will record when your baby first poos and wees. This is usually within the first 24 hours. You’ll be asked to give your per...

  2. May 17, 2024 · When do you go home after a baby is born? After an uncomplicated vaginal delivery, you're likely to stay in the hospital for 24 to 48 hours. If you have an uncomplicated C-section, you'll probably be in the hospital for two to four days.

    • Karen Miles
  3. Jan 7, 2023 · How you feel after birth, and how quickly you recover, depends partly on what your pregnancy and delivery was like. Here are some things most people can expect after they give birth. How will I feel as soon as my baby's born?

    • Caitlin Mccormack
  4. Eating, sleeping, breathing, pooping and peeing, being soothed: it’s suddenly all different for them as they learn to live outside the womb. The first few days can be a blur. Here are a few of the milestones and behaviors you can expect during the first 48 hours.

  5. Sep 19, 2023 · What happens straight after birth will depend on how your baby is born and whether your baby and partner are well. To get ready for this time, you and your pregnant partner could talk together during pregnancy about how you’d like to spend the first few hours.

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