January 2012 Moms
The Dr/nurse will totally side eye me....
Everytime I watch a baby story.. or anything baby being born related and they hand the baby to the mom all white and goopy, i cringe just a little bit! Maybe it will be different when its my little bundle of goopy joy, but I just see myself being like uhh could you wipe her down first? How horrible does that make me?! i fully expect the side eye here!
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Re: The Dr/nurse will totally side eye me....
HAHA! DONT REMIND ME!!! lol jk, seriously im terrified of that!
Just avoid any corn too close to delivery
I love corn but won't eat it after 37 weeks in order to save face...
This pic was within minutes of my son being born, he still had all the gooey white stuff all over his forehead and I couldn't stop breathing him in and kissing him. When it's your own it's completely different- this pic still melts my heart.
Morgan's Birth Story: http://www.fullcirclemidwifery.com/2009/06/morgans-birth/
Chloe's Birth Story: http://www.fullcirclemidwifery.com/2012/04/chloes-birth/
Yep. Totally this. I wanted to cry when that happened but just reminded myself that all those people have seen it all.
Totally different when it's your own... DH and I honestly didn't even notice how covered DS was until we looked at the pictures from the delivery room and remembered the nurses commenting on how much "goop" he had on him (they attributed it to him being born at 39w? No idea if that's true or not, but whatever).
As for the *other* topic mentioned in here - just remember it happens to most everyone during pushing. Seems humiliating until you're in the midst of labor, and then you suddenly realize that none of it really matters b/c hey, by the time that baby pops out, it seems like you've let the world see it all anyway (or maybe that's just me being modest).
... every single day of forever.
Ok, I'm about to walk into the lion's den and have my head snapped off, but these are MY experiences and MY feeling on it. With my first, I felt the same way about not wanting a goopy "gross" baby on me. And I was glad that they quickly took him away to check on him (because of the use of vacuum) and had a chance to take off the initial mess before he was pout on me. They aren't gone that long to ruin bonding....no worries there.
With my second, they just plopped her right on me as she came out and sadly, my first thought was how hot and nasty it felt. It did not in any way reduce my bonding with her either and I loved her nonetheless, goop, slime and all, but nasty...that was my first thought. lol
Thank you for your honesty!!!
PS I loved all the responses on this topic
This seriously just made me LOL really hard. My coworker looked at me strangely. The thought of corn had not been on my mind before but it certainly will now.
I agree with the sentiments of most of the ladies on here, the goop is pretty ick. In fact when I was reading to DH the weekly growth of the LO and I got to the part about the white cheesy vernix coating, I kinda just skipped over it because I figured it would gross him out. But I can totally see how I won't care in the slightest when its mine, I'll just want to hold my baby so bad!