Is it gross to you, or love?

Michaela - posted on 12/08/2009

I didnt want to hold my daughter at first but once she was out i was like gimme gimme gimme, i cried my eyes out and kissed and cuddles her soo much! it was the most amazing experiance of life and i cant wait to do it all over again!

Tamera Marie - posted on 12/08/2009

i held my son immediatly! my daughter i didnt get to hold due to preclampia, she was 4lbs and not doing well at first but i wouldve held her immediatly as well..i cried when she was taken away from me, i didnt see her until a few hrs later

Carla - posted on 12/08/2009

they laid both my gooey babies on my chest right when they came out and i kissed both of them on the forhead...some moms are just ridiculous...i waited all that time im kissing my girls soon as i see them!!!

April - posted on 12/08/2009

No you're not!

Rikki - posted on 12/08/2009

my son was rubbed down but not clean at all and i still kissed and cuddled and hugged him to bits lol

Claire - posted on 12/08/2009

charles was handed to me goo and all :) a magical moment that i wouldnt change for the world!

Brittany - posted on 12/08/2009

I kno i sure did i kissed all over her =) i didnt have not one care in the world she was in ME and shes mine so it didnt matter at all to me i with u on that one

Melanie - posted on 12/08/2009

I wish I had got to. But I had an emergancy c-section so she was given straight to the midwife to see if she was ok and to have her APGAR done by the time she was given to my hubby she was pretty clean. (I didn't get her till i was in recovery and even then my arms were still numb and she was just placed in the cradle of my arm on the bed next to me)

Kelsey - posted on 12/07/2009

i wish i did i never got the chance they didnt ask or anything they cleaned and wrapped her up and then handed her to me

Danielle - posted on 12/07/2009

definately that was the best part... it doesnt matter what is on your baby ... you just want to hold and love them ..

Candice - posted on 12/07/2009

That person sounds immature. I couldn't wait to have my baby in my arms, covered in muck or not.

ASHLEY - posted on 12/07/2009

I did! I held my son seconds after he was born still "gooey" lol I kissed and cuddled him they laid him on my chest so I could help wipe him off and i got to nurse him :)

my hubby snuggled and kissed him before he was cleaned too

Jocelyn - posted on 12/07/2009

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.

Kim - posted on 12/07/2009

No you're not!! My son had his head covered with goo and my own blood and it just felt so precious caressing his little sticky hair! Coming out they're all so warm and smell so good! It is such a beautiful precious moment! And if she thinks THAT is gross, what will she do with dirty diapers, vomit and baby food all over the place? LOL

Adrienne - posted on 12/07/2009

As soon as Logan was born they put him on my chest and I held him.

Jodi - posted on 12/07/2009

My daughter layed on my stomach while I cut her cord. Immediately afterward I held her against my chest, naked. I kissed her head over and over, she peed on me, I nursed her, all before she was wiped clean and I hardly noticed, although I do recall wiping my lips off with her blanket at one point lol. When my sister gave birth to her son, she had such a strong epidural the baby had actually come out already in the bed under the blankets! He still had his bag of water around him so when she got him he was literally dripping wet! I cut his cord she loved him up never minding the goo! It's natural, but I understand women who think it's gross. Although I do believe that once in that situation, if given their child two things will happen: 1) they won't notice the goo either and be in awe like any new mommy 2) they will realize that while there is a lot of goo, there's not nearly as much as in the movies!

Nicole - posted on 12/07/2009

To be honest, I found it a bit gross. I had to be stitched up so they took my baby away to weigh her and they wiped her off a bit before I could hold her. I didn't want anything to delay me holding her for the first time, but I do remember thinking 'ew, she's still got a little bit of goo on her'. It doesn't mean that I love her any less though. :)

Brandy - posted on 12/07/2009

I totally did. Course I didn't have much of a choice the Doctor just threw her on my chest before I knew it. But it doesn't matter what she was covered in. I finally got to see the beautiful human being I had created.

Corinne - posted on 12/07/2009

I would have, but due tp vacuum birth they needed to check him right away. His hair was still all gooey though. I don't think it's gross at all.

Belinda - posted on 12/07/2009

Not gross at all. I held and kissed both my babies straight away and I wouldn't have done it any differently. In fact my son started feeding so well instantly, I was stuck there for almost an hour while he feed. Daddy cut his cord and they stitched me up (3rd degree tear!) while he was feeding!! We went home straight after he stopped feeding so he didn't even get a bath till the next day!.He was perfect goo, dry blood and all!

Barbie - posted on 12/07/2009

I had to be cut during delivery so I didnt get her immediately but when I did get her she was still yucky and it was still amazing and I kissed her with it on her....I mean it did come from ME its not like its some foreign substance haha

Erin - posted on 12/07/2009

i made that goo! so no, didn't mind it one bit! wouldn't trade those kisses for anything!

Christi - posted on 12/07/2009

I really wish i could of held my 3 sons when they immediatly came out but i had csections with all 3. The dr did hold up my 3rd son for me though so i could at least see him before they cleaned him up and he was beautiful. I do not think its gross to hold your child immediatly after they are born. Its part of having children. You love them no matter what and its all part of the joy and happiness

Jodie - posted on 12/07/2009

i hugged kisssed and loved my gooey baby.

Lindsay - posted on 12/07/2009

When my mother found out that the midwives hand the baby to you straight away, she thought it was disgusting, i think it is all to do with your perception, chances are, if they had given this woman the baby before she thought about it, it wouldn't have bothered her, because, and lets be frank, there are far more disgusting things that babies do, and i bet that doesn't faze her.

MAYTE - posted on 12/07/2009

that girl is crazy i have 4 kids and with this last baby the doctor put her right on top of my tummy when he took her out i was so happy i thought they only did that on movies or shows...it was a difrent doctor from my other 2 kids...

Caitelyn - posted on 12/07/2009

I actually took my son off my mum, (the nurses had needed her to hold him so that they could get his breathing started due to having the cord twisted around his body) after his dad had cut the cord, and he was half wrapped in a towel, but i pulled that off! he was covered in all that gooey gross stuff, an i didnt even care that he pooed meconium all over my stomach after he was born, all i cared about was holding him

Lindsay - posted on 12/07/2009

Baby was plonked on me the minute she popped out, but i couldn't have waited for her to get cleaned, i was dying to meet her, and the goo, and the smell, one of it mattered one iota!

Sammi - posted on 12/07/2009

i had a waterbirth and my baby was brought up out of the water straight into my arms and i loved it! but then they had to take her and wrap her up so that i could get out of the pool and we would both be warm :)

Kirsty - posted on 12/07/2009

my son and I was covered but I had better things 2 think bout than bein covered in goo, my son stayed that way til we got him home 2 days later poor little boy dried on goo, the hospital wudnt wash him but i got 2 give him his 1st bath which was noisy lol, parents are missin out on that rush of love u get, if there bothered by the goo wot they gona do wen their child is sick on them or other presents they leave 4 u lol

Samantha - posted on 12/07/2009

My daughter was placed on my belly right after she came out. My hubby cut the cord. I didnt kiss her but not because I was grossed out. I did hold her close. I was in shock of what just happened lol. I wanted to breastfeed so the midwife said this really helps, the skin to skin contact. It was the most profound moment of my life!

Kylie - posted on 12/07/2009

We had a really good experience when our son was born, our dr got my husband to help (he basically delivered our son!), and then Joshy was put right onto my chest. We both kisses him, it wasn't until he was taken away clean and wraped that it even occured to me that he was gross and gooey before. Then again I was given some of that gas, and my mind was not where is normally is.

Tiffanie - posted on 12/07/2009

I didn't get a choice either, but I had a natural birth.

Christella - posted on 12/07/2009

i didn't get to hold my baby they took her to clean her up first and then they moved me to my room and then after that they brought her into my room. i think it depends on the hospital i guess.

SheriAnn - posted on 12/07/2009

I WISH I WAS ABLE TO LOVE ON MY DAUGHTER WHEN I FIRST HAD HER,I HAVE A VAGINAL BIRTH BUT HAD COMPLICATIONS.SO AFTER I DELIVERED I COULDNT SEE FOR FOR WHAT SEEMED FOREVERRR! EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY 10MIN.SHE WAS STILL A LITTLE GOOEYY BUT NOT TOO BAD.ITS YOUR CHILD YOUR GONNA SEE AND TOUCH MUCH WORSE THINGS LATER ON I PROMIS!

Chelle - posted on 12/07/2009

i never got a choice she was ventrous vaccumed out then put on the table to have her airways cleaned. and then they just gave her to me once she was weighd,messured and cleaned. but i wouldnt have minded if she was given to me all gooy, its all a big part of bonding with your child. although ive gotta say she wasnt really gooy at all when she came out. i was suprised how clean she was when she poped out...i was also suprised at how big a placenta is...that thing was huge lol

Chelle - posted on 12/07/2009

i never got a choice she was ventrous vaccumed out then put on the table to have her airways cleaned. and then they just gave her to me once she was weighd,messured and cleaned. but i wouldnt have minded if she was given to me all gooy, its all a big part of bonding with your child. although ive gotta say she wasnt really gooy at all when she came out. i was suprised how clean she was when she poped out...i was also suprised at how big a placenta is...that thing was huge lol

Natalee - posted on 12/07/2009

No your not the only one. I too held on to my baby straight away, i didn't even notice the goo. But i suppose some people would find it a bit gross, but it didn't matter to me. He was just lovely.

Mylene - posted on 12/06/2009

For me it was give her to me as fast as possible, goo and all. Guess some people are just a little put off by the gooey stuff and some aren't.

Hayley - posted on 12/06/2009

hi,
before i had my 1st son at 19years old I thought the same thing i didn't want to hold my baby if it had that "goo and stuff" but when i gave birth to him and they put him on me it was the last thing on my mind WOW i just gave birth to the most perfect lil baby boy and the goo wasn't even that bad.... and plus you can wash it all off....lol

Mikhelle - posted on 12/06/2009

I totally didnt care that was my babies goo so I loved it along with her!

Krysta - posted on 12/06/2009

I held my daughter the moment she was out of me! She was gooey and covered in blood but she was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen! I'm expecting a little boy and he will, just like his big sister, come to me the minute he is birthed. I cannot wait to hold him for the first time! There's nothing like that first experience with your child. I'm appaled that someone didn't want to hold their child gooey. Childbirth isn't the only "messy" experience we have with our children. How is she going to handle poopy diapers? eating pureed solids? playing in mud? vomit?

Sara - posted on 12/06/2009

I couldn't have cared less about the goo. Mine even had meconium on her (apparently I was covered with it) and I didn't care a bit.

Dana - posted on 12/06/2009

i wasn't able to due to my son being a month early. they had to take him and check him out first. but if i was able to hold him at that moment, i would have.

Jessica - posted on 12/06/2009

haha my babies went straight on the breast muck and all, theres no way id turn them away to be cleaned but each to their own i guess!

Lauren - posted on 12/06/2009

The amount of love I felt when I held her I didn't even think about the goo she was covered in!! I covered her in kisses and so did her daddy before she was cleaned up. I will do the same for any more babies I have.

Vixi - posted on 12/06/2009

its the most natural thing in the world

Jane - posted on 12/06/2009

Ok so in any other situation, sure maybe its gooey, but its your baby..who cares what state they come out in!! You just wanna cuddle and breathe in every baby inch of them...I know that I didn't even notice anything, coz I was too busy being an emotional first time mum and crying my eyes out hehe.. yeah i know i'm a wuss :)

Richelle - posted on 12/06/2009

Ohh i wasnt bagging out the ones who 'couldnt'.. im just a bit sour on the ones who didnt want to. I think it was amazing, but if it wasnt possible.. obviously it wasnt your fault. I was so stunned, and in awe that i didnt care, and that first cuddle..(instantly or a few minutes later) is the most amazing feeling in the world. Im glad that all mothers in the world know that same feeling. =]

Lindsay - posted on 12/05/2009

i didnt get the chance because i tore so badly. i almost needed blood and they made sure to stabilize me first. i regret not being able to... but it is better for the both of us that it went that way.