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RE: The 10 Most Important Questions to Ask Your Pregnancy Care Provider
Cool post, I would love to read the reasoning behind those! We did some of the important aspects like skin to skin, no bassinet in another room the first day and some others.
What’s the issue with the hat on the baby? Just curious I’ve never heard of it. We put a hat on him but it was a nice loose crochet hat so it wasn’t restricting, at least I’m thinking it was ok.
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Hi! I'm glad tp hear that you did all those great things with your baby!
The reasoning behind not putting a hat on a newborn baby is that, immediately after birth, the mother needs to take in the scent of her newborn baby in constantly. Smelling the baby's head releases hormones to help the mother's uterus contract, expel the placenta and prevent excessive bleeding. The baby's warmth is taken care of when it's skin-to-skin with mom, so a hat is not imperative for warmth immediately after birth.
But there's nothing wrong with a hat the day after birth!
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