I am quite intriqued by the rebirthing bath concept. I am, however, always up against the mom who can't take a tub bath and/or the baby wiht an umbilical cord still on. Today's case also has a 12 day old Csection suture line to contend with. What safety precautions (in terms of infection control) have others thought of or used? Please share. I thought: Have someone else scrub tub well, rinse well, prior to bath. Have mom shower just prior to bath. Wash baby, especially in diaper area, very well prior to bath. After bath, consider an antibiotic ointment over healed suture line (get OB approval first, suture line should be at least sealed, if not all the way healed) After bath, use alcohol liberally on cord stump to promote quick redrying I am very leary of moving so far away from established standards of care (No tub baths for mom for X weeks past vaginal delivery or Y weeks after Csections, no tub baths for baby while cord still attached). Otherwise, I love the idea of rebirthing baths. Trouble is everyone I've felt could benefit from it had the infection risks mentioned above. What to do? what to do.... Carla (just north of Washington, DC where tub baths are anathema for most postpartum moms and newborn babes)