No they don't have to be done in the first hour! They are things like: vital signs, baby eye care, measurements, Vit k shot, bath, mega paper work, etc. At a MI Hospital that I observed about 12 years ago, after the delivery the nurse sat off to one side in the room and worked on her paperwork. Mom, dad and baby were left alone during mom's "recovery." Baby's vital signs were checked with baby on mom. Rest of the "stuff" was done after mom was taken to her room, leaving baby at nursery on her way by. Another MI hospital had an extra warming table that they scooted from room to room to give the first bath WHEN the parents asked for it! Hopefully sometime in first 24 hours :-) Of course, staff had to use gloves when touching an unbathed baby. I understand why all the stuff has to be done in the first hour, it is because the nurses and hospital want it done and documented :-( Boo Hiss. Pat in SNJ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html