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Ask them about their delivery! It was just one of the most wild experiences of their lives and they are usually bursting to talk about it. + I read an AWONN article about c-section moms or ones with traumatic deliveries telling their birth stories helped reduce anxiety, feelings of "failure" to not deliver lady partslly, and helped them process their delivery. & helping a mom feel positive about her delivery can help her bond with baby & decrease pain. https://www.jognn.org/article/S0884-2175(20)30309-9/fulltext

Curious about how other hospitals do this-- At my hospital, every shift a postpartum nurse is assigned to be the Newborn Assessment Nurse (NAN) for the shift and will see every baby that is born on their shift within the first hour or two of life for their birth measurements, footprints, admission meds, any bloodwork if needed (our L&D nurses aren't trained in infant bloodwork), & a very thorough assessment to identify any birth defects/babies that need blood sugar monitoring or tox screens based on mom's history etc. & you might have to teach mom how to breastfeed and help get baby latched for the first time, if she hasn't fed yet. We have trouble keeping nurses agreeing to do this job because it can be really grueling when, say, 5 babies pop out all within a couple hours and regardless of how many babies are born, it is just one nurse doing it. So I want to know how other hospitals do this--- do you all just have one NAN for the shift? Or are these tasks divided up between the L&D and postpartum nurses? Something else? I'm curious!