The sacred hour after childbirth, what is it?
Know what is the sacred hour after childbirth and what implications it has for the mother and the baby.
Pregnancy generates many changes in the woman’s body before the baby is pregnant. In addition, childbirth is a great effort that highly modifies the woman’s body and can even endanger her health.
After childbirth, the woman’s body must return to regularization as before having the child, since it has suffered a lot in recent months, both creating and feeding the baby and at the time of giving birth, more difficult for some women than for others. In addition, it is also essential for the baby to respect this moment after leaving the mother’s body, because the world appears to him as something completely new and he needs to feel her close, skin to skin , to get used to this process in a healthy and adequate way.
In PregDream we tell you what the sacred hour is after childbirth and what implications it has on the mother and the child.
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WHAT IS THE SACRED HOUR AFTER CHILDBIRTH
After birth, the baby needs to be in direct contact with the mother , skin to skin , since he has just physically separated from her and it is too abrupt to move him away from her for a long time, especially during this first hour, which is crucial for both. .
In addition, the woman during pregnancy develops the sense of smell above normal and at birth the baby will perceive a special smell in him that will make him very happy. It will then be the moment that both of you have been waiting for for the last 9 months of your lives, when you will finally be able to meet and share these first moments together, skin to skin.
Childbirth is presented as a very hard moment for the lives of both, since the mother has to make a great effort when giving birth and generates a series of fear and stress that can easily be passed on to the baby. For this reason, when the little one is born he cries constantly and feels insecure. The mother will be the one who, better than anyone, can wrap him with her body heat, skin to skin, making him feel as if they were still the same person. The smell that the mother also gives off after delivery with her high level of milk in the breast will make the baby feel safer and more clothed and reduce the level of stress caused after delivery between them.
The baby will also need to feed . If during its first hour of life it is close to the mother, she can breastfeed and the baby will accept it as something totally natural in him, as all mammals do. Nature is wise and mothers never leave their young after childbirth, but stay by their side to protect and feed them as long as they remain strong and healthy.
The baby is usually given an hour with the mother, more or less, so that it can carry out all this process naturally . Most of the little ones do it this way during this time, but others, depending on their condition or the hospital where they were born, may not have the opportunity to have this sacred hour after birth with their mother. Sometimes the father is allowed to fulfill this role after the baby enters the world.
WHAT IMPLICATIONS DOES THE SACRED HOUR HAVE ON THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD
Many hospitals may not respect this sacred hour after childbirth if there has been any difficulty during it, or if the life of the mother or baby is in danger.
It is likely that babies born prematurely will be placed directly in an incubator, before going into direct contact with the mother, but doctors are the ones who will determine what is best for the baby’s health at this difficult time of his soon life.
However, in uncomplicated deliveries it is proven that the sacred hour between mother and child is very beneficial for both . For example, babies who have been with their mother during this first hour of life show one degree more temperature than those who have not, their body constants stabilize earlier (such as breathing or heartbeat) and they learn instinctively to suck, so it will be easier for them to adapt to the nipple and suck successfully than those who have not respected the sacred hour with the mother.
For the mother it is also very beneficial to spend this first hour with the baby since they need to feel him close right after delivery. When the mother suffers stress after birth, smelling it will calm her down and feel it closer than ever, which will help to illuminate the placenta and avoid problems that she could suffer when she is still anxious and separated from her newborn.
Although in the hospital they can separate the mother momentarily from the baby to clean it or help her in the event that it has been a hard delivery, it is normal that later the baby approaches her and they are allowed to be together during this approximate sacred hour after the birth and then they take it back to be weighed and check that all is well in the health of both .
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.