Birth: Birth – Delivery – Labor
What to expect right after delivery

What to expect right after delivery

The first minutes: birth is not quite over Immediately after your baby is born, the clinical focus widens from labor progress to recovery, safety, and transition. If you and your baby are stable, many teams encourage skin-to-skin contact after birth, because it helps temperature regulation, bonding, and early feeding cues. At the same time, clinicians […]

Step-by-step after birth process

Step-by-step after birth process

1. The first minutes: breathing, warmth, and initial safety checks Immediately after birth, the care team’s first priorities are straightforward but critical: confirm that the baby is breathing or crying, keep the baby warm, assess tone and color, and make sure the birthing parent is clinically stable. If the baby is vigorous, many teams dry […]

What happens immediately after birth

What happens immediately after birth

The first seconds: breathing, warmth, and a rapid visual assessment Immediately after birth, the care team’s attention is divided between two closely connected patients: the newborn and the person who has just given birth. For the baby, the first task is cardiorespiratory transition. In utero, the placenta performs gas exchange; after birth, the newborn’s lungs […]