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Forceps or vacuum birth Most babies born with the help of forceps or a vacuum will breathe and cry at birth.

If this happens, the midwife, obstetrician or paediatrician will take your baby to a special warming station. You can hold your baby once baby is breathing properly. You can ask for skin-to-skin contact. Or your baby can be dried, wrapped in warm towels or blankets for you to hold. Elective caesarean section Most babies born via elective caesarean section breathe and cry vigorously at birth.

If baby is breathing well, you might be able to have skin-to-skin contact before baby goes to a special warming station to be dried and checked. You can ask to hold your baby skin to skin, or baby can be wrapped in warm blankets or towels for you to hold while on the operating table.

Sometimes you might need further medical attention, so that first cuddle might have to wait. Your birth partner can stay with your baby and give baby lots of cuddles and skin-to-skin contact until you get back to recovery or the maternity ward. Unplanned emergency caesarean section Babies born via unplanned caesarean section are more likely to need help to breathe at birth. The midwife or paediatrician will take your baby to a special warming station for drying.

As your baby sucks on your breast, this action triggers hormones to tell your body that it's time to make milk. Some babies especially premature and smaller babies have a hard time latching on or getting enough suction to nurse from the breast.

A nurse, breastfeeding counselor, or lactation consultant can help you and your baby overcome any hurdles. Even if breastfeeding is going smoothly from the start, it's still helpful to learn as much about it as you can from a breastfeeding specialist.

Initially, you will probably be feeding your baby about every 2 to 3 hours around the clock. If you bottle-feed your baby, you can usually begin within the first few hours of life. Having a baby is a life-changing experience.

Don't be surprised to find that you go through a broad range of feelings. You may feel everything from relief to concern to anxiety to pure joy. And your feelings may change suddenly and unpredictably. And a new mom has just been through quite a bit physically. There's a good chance you'll be exhausted, and both parents may start feeling the effects of sleep deprivation. Every parent reacts differently. Some mothers "forget" the difficulties of labor as soon as they catch a glimpse of their newborns.

Some feel high levels of energy driven by the excitement of finally having the baby. Still others feel sad and may have baby blues or the more serious postpartum depression. A physician, nurse, or counselor can help parents understand their emotions after the baby arrives. Try to keep the first day simple. Contact close friends and family members, and ask them to pass the news along to other friends and relatives.

This will free you to spend more time with your newborn. It's fine to have your loved ones meet the baby the first day. Grandparents or siblings can meet the newest family member and start to bond right away. But avoid a parade of visitors in and out of the room to keep the baby's first day quiet and low-key.

Parents and baby need plenty of rest and quiet bonding time. It's also wise to limit visitors in the first few weeks to protect your baby from infections. Whenever visitors come, make sure they are not sick, and have everyone wash their hands before touching the baby. Have you ever wondered what your infant will feel while you're in labor?

Here's a close look at what babies experience during the birthing process. Every pregnant woman wonders -- often with a wince or two -- how a seven-, eight-, or even nine-pound baby manages to fit through an opening roughly the diameter of a bagel.

But Mother Nature equips infants with a soft skull for a reason. Labor produces mechanical and physiological changes that help prepare your baby for her first gulp of air. In the womb, a fetus's lungs are filled with a fluid that helps them mature. Your baby's lungs will also begin pumping more blood through them after she's born.

In the womb, the blood bypasses these organs due to pressure. During birth, the pressure in the baby's lungs drops and blood starts flowing through them normally. How does a baby who's coming from a The thyroid plays a big role. That surge is caused both by exposure to cold and by increased adrenaline. Please enter your name Please enter your email Your email is invalid. Please check and try again Please enter recipient's email Recipient's email is invalid. Please check and try again Agree to Terms required.

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Braxton Hicks contractions In the weeks or days before you start having proper contractions, you may experience Braxton Hicks contractions. Changes to the cervix As labour gets closer, your cervix softens and becomes thinner, getting ready for the dilation widening that will allow the baby to enter the vagina. Engagement Your baby may move further down your pelvis as the head engages, or sits in place over your cervix, ready for the birth.

Rupture of the membranes, or 'waters breaking' Some women find the sac of amniotic fluid containing the baby breaks before labour, contractions start and the fluid runs or gushes out of the vagina. How will you know when labour has started? In preparation for labour, your baby may move further down your pelvis as the head engages, or sits in place over your cervix. How the pelvis is designed for childbirth Your pelvis is located between your hip bones.

How hormones help you give birth Your body produces hormones that trigger changes in your body before, during and after childbirth. Prostaglandin Before childbirth, a higher level of prostaglandin will help open the cervix and make your body more receptive to another important hormone, oxytocin. Oxytocin This hormone causes contractions during labour, as well as the contractions that deliver the placenta after the baby is born.

These post-birth contractions, including more that can occur during breastfeeding, help your uterus shrink back to its normal size. Oxytocin and prolactin are the two main hormones that produce and let down breast milk for your baby. Skin-to-skin contact between a mother and baby helps to release more of these hormones. Relaxin The hormone relaxin helps soften and stretch the cervix for birth, while helping your waters break and stretching the ligaments in your pelvis to allow the baby to come through.

Beta-endorphins During childbirth, this type of endorphin helps with pain relief and can cause you to feel joyful or euphoric. You may feel teary, anxious and irritable and your mood can go up and down. More information If you have any questions about childbirth or pregnancy, you can call Pregnancy, Birth and Baby on , 7 days a week, to speak to a maternal health nurse.