Is it gross to you, or love?

Deanna - posted on 12/10/2009

didt have the option...they took her n cleaned her b4 they even askd who would get to hold her 1st...

Karen - posted on 12/10/2009

With my second child I cut the umbilical cord and picked him up immediately after. It was awesome and not gross at all!

Rebecca - posted on 12/10/2009

I didn't kiss her, but I did hug and love her. I couldn't get her close enough to kiss her while she was "gooey".

Heather - posted on 12/10/2009

That is the one thing that I miss!! My first two children were born naturally and the third and fourth were c-secions....I miss the doctor letting me hold the gooey baby!! It is amazing!! So no, you are not the only one!!

Dianne - posted on 12/10/2009

my son was sick and taken straight off me so i didnt get the chance but my daughter was handed straight to me gooey and all and i didnt care i was so happy she was healthy that i didnt even realise she was gooey

Janet - posted on 12/10/2009

I was watching as the Doctor pulled my son out with forceps and my husband cut the cord and the nurse asked me while he was doing that if I wanted to hold him right away, and up until that point I thought I did but he just looked soo icky (he's my first and I use to be a really clean freak in some aspects, that's totally changed now!!!) that I asked her just to clean him up a bit, within 2 minutes I had him back and fell in love right away!! :)

Richelle - posted on 12/10/2009

Quoting Mandy:

it's not such a big deal; you're not exactly clean either ;)

Ohhhh perfectly said.

Im really excited to see such a big group of people agree that it is perfectly human.. to not worry.

My sister didnt even care when she kissed my babygirl few minutes of being 'outside'

Will do it all again in a heartbeat.

Storm - posted on 12/10/2009

When my little one was born she was put straight onto my chest...I have never felt so in love with anything in my life regardless whether she was 'gooey' or not.

Heather - posted on 12/09/2009

i got to have my daughter for 2 hrs after birth before they came and cleaned her i wish i could have cleaned her myself but i wasnt allowed to walk....its not gross to me.. its my baby why have some stranger be the first person to give affection to my child.?!

Jennifer - posted on 12/09/2009

i did the same exact thing. they were like "reach down and grab your baby!!!" i said just get him out, clean him up, and then we will start the love fest...

Sherry - posted on 12/09/2009

I don't think I even noticed the goo!

Alina - posted on 12/09/2009

NOPE! your not!!!!! i held all of mine that way except the preemie they wouldnt let me. and i plan on loving this one all gooey too!

Lindsey - posted on 12/09/2009

I for one said that I definately wanted my daughter cleaned first, but then the doctor just tossed her up on my chest and I had no choice. I loooooooved my daughter the moment I saw her but I am a little queezy so I think next time I'll make sure they clean the little goober all up first! lol It is a pretty gross sight haha

Mandy - posted on 12/09/2009

it's not such a big deal; you're not exactly clean either ;)

Heather - posted on 12/09/2009

the dr didnt hand my baby to me right away but i so would have kissed all over him if he did lol

Beth - posted on 12/09/2009

I couldn't imagine not holding my little man right away, he was mine and I wanted him, goo and all :))

Rochelle - posted on 12/09/2009

i would have loved to have him right after goo and all but he had his cord around his neck 2 times and wasnt breathing or crying so they took him right to the warmer and was rubbing him and sucking the stuff from his throat but if i woudl have it my way i woudl have lovd him goo and all lol

Courtney - posted on 12/09/2009

I hugged my gooey baby too, but some people are different. It doesn't mean that she loves her baby any less than you loves yours.

Jenna - posted on 12/09/2009

I had my son put straight on me and my partner cut the cord while he was on my chest bit messy but i didnt care i loved just snuggling up,i breast fed him aswell before he got cleaned up!I think it makes you have a real bond with your child!x

Natasha - posted on 12/09/2009

I hugged, kissed, and loved my gooey baby.

Sara - posted on 12/09/2009

You're not alone! It's wasn't gross to me, either. Holding her right after she was born was one of the most precious moments of my life, goo or no goo!

Shannon - posted on 12/09/2009

Bring on the gooey! My 2 natural births, I had the baby delivered onto my chest. My 2 c-sections they were all cleaned up and it wasn't the same.

Lauren - posted on 12/09/2009

i would have..i couldn't though because he pooped when i was in labor still so they had to check his lungs and everything before i could hold him..

Janie - posted on 12/09/2009

no your not i thought i wouldn't kiss her after she came out cause all the goo but when i saw her i didn't care anymore she was perfect goo and all!

Sara - posted on 12/09/2009

actually when i had my son they just took him and cleaned him before they gave him to me... his daddy went and seen him first actually. they brought him to me about 2 or 3 mins later...

Katona - posted on 12/09/2009

The minute my kids popped out they were placed on my chest until the umbilical cords were cut. It's that first moment gooey or not you realize you love them unconditionally.

Krystal - posted on 12/09/2009

I got to hold Wil as soon as he was born, before cord was cut. I wante him staright away too. Wil didnt get bathed for 24hrs. He didnt have much on him tho either but it wouldnt have worried me xx

Brenda - posted on 12/08/2009

I had my first put on my chest immediately and I held him before he was cleaned. My second I didn't get the chance, he was covered in meconium and had the cord wrapped tightly around his neck so he was rushed over to the bed to get it off of him and rubbed down to start him to crying since he was quiet and they wanted to make sure he was okay.

I would have loved to held him before he was cleaned, and technically before both were bathed I had them both in my arms. I think its kinda strange to feel that it is "icky" after what you just went through to give birth. Don't get it myself.

Nikki - posted on 12/08/2009

i would of loved to hold my son when he was all gooey! but i didnt get so lucky, i had to have an emergancy c-section. and he is my first and only child. hopefully i will have that chance with the next one :)

Rebecca - posted on 12/08/2009

It was the greatest feeling in the world holding my "gooey" baby as soon as she came out and having that skin to skin contact!! I knew I wanted to do that way before she was born when I could feel her moving around inside me! And I wouldn't have changed that moment for the world!! And when I have more children I'll do the same thing all over again and love and kiss and hold my "gooey" baby skin to skin!!

Nicole - posted on 12/08/2009

I desperately wanted to hold my son right after birth. It didn't work out that way because he took a little too long coming out so they needed to check him out first and I had been on drugs & awake so long that they didn't want to give him to me for fear I would drop him!! I insisted though and finally 20mins later they gave him to me & my hubby stood watch.

Deborah - posted on 12/08/2009

I too never had a choice had a csection. i would def love on my gooey baby, it's my goo after all

Minnie - posted on 12/08/2009

Quoting Jocelyn:

Quoting Lisa:

I birthed my baby- it was my hands that first touched her, and she was lifted to the air and to my chest by me. No one else. After carrying her in my womb for nearly ten months why in the world would I allow someone else to take her from my body and touch her skin before me?

No- up to my breast my gooey stunningly gorgeous daughter came.

Same with me :)

Although my daughter was born in water, so she wasn't too gooy lol.

Yay for waterbabies!  Mine wasn't too gooey either, but still. 

Melissa - posted on 12/08/2009

i loved both my gooey babies ! but some people let there brothers friend in the room when they deliver .. would i do that? no! some people are just weird

Ashley - posted on 12/08/2009

Honestly I would have loved the opportunity... I was given a emergency c-section with my first and had another with my 2nd. I think given the chance I would have loved to kiss them all over. But maybe some moms just don't like all the goo and blood.

Dana - posted on 12/08/2009

I really wish I had had the chance to hold my baby straight away for skin to skin contact. I had an emergency C-section and didn't get to hold him after he'd been cleaned, wrapped up and everything. I'm still getting teary when I think about him being held first by doctors and nurses and pricked and poked before he got to cuddle his mummy. It certainly didn't affect our bonding, I love him more than life itself and would do anything for him. He's very attached to me as well.

Jessica - posted on 12/08/2009

it didnt phase me at all... all i remember is repeating "oh my baby my baby" and then it was love!

Amy - posted on 12/08/2009

i thought that i wouldnt want to hole my daughter till she was clean, but i wouldnt of changed it. When she came out the doctor put her on my belly and i was so excited i didnt care.

Diane - posted on 12/08/2009

I took both my kids right after they were born. I hugged and kisses them both, mess and all. I can understand if this is the first baby she may think she won't want to hold the baby until he/she is cleaned. But I'm sure that will change as soon the the option to hold him or her comes up.

Alicia - posted on 12/08/2009

i kissed both my babies. my lil girl even peed on me when i got the hold her then came the poop. but i love it!!! everyone in the room just laughed!!!

Antoinette - posted on 12/08/2009

I WISH I had that moment with my son, but I had an emergency c-section and didn't really meet him until I came out of recovery three hours later. (I kissed him on his forehead after they cleaned him up, while stitching me back up, but i hardly remember that b/c I was so out of it on meds) I really wanted to have that moment though; to have the doctor lay him on me and be able to hold him right away. What I wouldn't give to have had that gooey moment with my Noah. But that's okay, because I like to think they had to pluck him out of me b/c he was so comfy inside his mommy, he didn't want to leave his first home! lol

Megan - posted on 12/08/2009

I have to admit that I was a bit hesitant holding my son when he first come out because of all the "goo" as Im not good with blood and mucusy kind of stuff(before I had him) but then when I had him I didnt see that at all, all I saw was this life I created and it didnt matter!!

Jessie - posted on 12/08/2009

I would have held her, "goo" and all if not for my emergency C-section. As soon as my husband got to hold her, he held her next to my face so I could say hello to my little girl.

Stephanie - posted on 12/08/2009

i didnt have a chance to either but i would of totally kissed my gooo babby

Lindsay - posted on 12/08/2009

Doesn't bother me at all! But I didn't get to experience that with my child when she was born. She had her first stool while in utero so she needed to be checked out as soon as she was born. So by the time I got her she was all clean.

Yamira - posted on 12/08/2009

Why would she care when that is her Goo!..not the baby!..My Daughter was put on my belly as soon as she was delivered..I didn't kiss her right away only because I was still in shock that she was mine and then came the kisses and they have never stopped since then!

Amber - posted on 12/08/2009

No...when my LO was born the stuck her right on me and I cried and cried like a baby because I was so happy and so in love. I have heard of several people saying this though so I am not surprised to hear that someone would say that.

Mattee - posted on 12/08/2009

I sure did when my son game out! I didn't even notice the goo!

Lindsay - posted on 12/08/2009

After 26 hours of labor, it never even OCCURED to me that my little girl was gooey, I just wanted to hold her!

Cleo - posted on 12/08/2009

some people are just that way.