Question, you know right after the baby has been delivered, I think the nurses take away the baby and clean him/her? do they do it in the same room where the mother and father are?
I saw some really beautiful youtube video’s of newborns and was so touched, I have now asked husband to make sure he records the memorable moments 
also, how long after the delivery did you guys give the azaan and the gurti?
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well in my case there was a partition with a curtain, as soon as baby was delivered they put her on my chest, there was already a neonatologist waiting at other side of curtain, after cutting of umblical cord baby was taken to him, huby was there everything happened in front of him, then baby all wrapped n clean was given to me, I feed her, as soon as we shifted in the room after all the baby tests n vaccination huby gave azan , we didn’t gave any ghuti
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When baby came out the first thing they did was to put her on my chest (I was freaking out lol!!) My daughter was wiped down in the same room, I don’t really remember if they actually cleaned her completely or just wiped her down but she was swaddled and handed to me in a couple of minutes. Me and husband were allowed to spend a short time with her to take pictures, bond and all that cute stuff. Then she was taken to the nursery, I was transferred to the postpartum suites. A while later she was brought to me in a fresh diaper and fully clothed. She looked pretty clean too 
I was pretty out of it so I don’t really remember the details lol 
The azaan was given so much later cause my FIL insisted that he’d be the one to give it .. so we waited for him to do it. I think he did the azaan a day later … I was pissed, but kept quiet. This time around I’ll make sure that the azaan is one of the first things my baby hears when he enters this duniya.
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I do remember my nephew’s, not my son’s. As soon as my nephew was born he was given to my sister. Once she got a chance to hold the baby, take pics they took the baby to a nursery where they wiped him. Cleaned him really good, combed his hair, put clothes on him and swaddlling blanket. I don’t remember my own son’s. Hosh hi nahi tha.
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At our hospital, yes they keep the baby in the same room. I don’t remember when he was given azan. Husband did it himself. We never gave him honey but when we got home, my mom gave him few drops of zam zam water. We both were fine with zam zam water.
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u are allowed to ask them not to put the kid on you immediately if all the blood freaks you out. :halo:
azaan and gutti was given as soon as i got into my own room from teh delivery ward.. mom did gutti and fil the azaan.
hospitals also offer a vid service.. ask yours… of the whole delivery… double :halo:
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after delivering I had my baby lying on my chest for few minutes and then they took him for bath in some other room…put clothes on him and swaddled him…in the meantime gynae put stitches and shifted me to my room…and then again they gave baby to me…
husband gave azaan and we didnt give gutti…
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Wow the details are so interesting. I appreciate you guys for having remembered this much since I guess I would be just in the after shock and still freaking out when I will be in your place this time. I think the freshly delivered baby; with all that blood and all, should freak one out really, no? 
In my case now, I think the baby will go right into the hands of my mom (since my husband might not be there) and I am sure she will take care of everything. CB, I would be interested in knowing the details of the videos you watched, I mean, what in them inspired and attracted you and so you’d want to follow? (incase I mignt want to follow too 
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The ghutti part: I am not sure of. I have heard that mother’s first ever breast feed is the best ghutti for the baby. But then I read you posting somewhere that khajoor is the ghutti in sunnah. So I am just not sure.
Right after my son was was delivered they put him on my chest…i was crying and amazed lol. Yes the bloodiness is freaky, but ur not really thinking about it when u have your child in ur arms. They cleaned him up right next to the bed (just a wipe down), its also where they do the checkup for the baby, the initial one. Breathing, skin color, and reflexes are checked. Takes 10-15 mins (in the meantime ur bring cleaned up/stitched/delivering placenta whatever)…then i was taken to diff suite with baby, spent an hour with me there and then he was taken to nursery for bath, and more in-depth checkup/monitoring.
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Thanks everyone for the valuable input 
Mirage, yes the sunnah was that of a chuwara being chewed by Prophet SAW and then you get a tiny spot of the chewed chuwara’s sweet nector on your finger and just touch it on the baby’s lips .. ensure no chuwara piece goes into his mouth, nor too much nector. Just a tiny little touch and baby’s gurti is done … we dont get the chuwara’s here so I have this Date and zamzam that someone gifted us and I have kept it for the gurti purpose
What touched me much in the video was the cuteness of the kids, the special moment of the mother and the father , the first time they held their babies, the babies first expressions when they were being given a bath/ vaccinated etc etc .. if you type “newborn baby” in youtube, you will get tonns of videos .. they are so much fun to watch 
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Depends on the delivery really, but assuming that you are having a straight forward vaginal delivery (inshahallah) then just before the baby is about to be born the midwife will ask you whether you want the baby cleaned up a bit before being given to you and whether you want your hubby to cut the cord. I think it’s stuff that usually in your birthplan if you’ve made one but they’ll ask again anyway as people change their minds. The clean up, checks etc are all done in the same room as you so baby won’t be out of your sight (again, this is if all is well inshahallah) and once the baby has been weighed, checked over etc etc they’ll wrap up baby and give him to you to feed and cuddle to your hearts content.
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After the c section,they cleaned him up, swaddled and gave me the baby while they wheeled me out of the OR into the recovery room..in that room, the nurse gave him a bath, swaddled and gave him back to us and that’s when my husband said Azaan in his ears and gave him guthi.. He did ask my mom to give him Guthi but my mom was like no,he should be patient like you 
My uncle also gave Azaan in his ears after a few hours on our request because he is one of the very pious people I have seen in my life. 
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For my #1, 3 and 4, babies, Azaan was given as soon as they were born. Husband picked them up each time, “fresh out of the oven” and gave the Azaan and a taste of the 'guthi". AH, straight forward deliveries. He has never forgotten those moments, it is something he cherishes and re-tells the children with much gusto and pride now that they are all grown up.
My # 2 was born while he was out of the country. My mom gave her the Azaan as soon as she was born, but after she was cleaned up, my Chacha who is a MA very pious person also recited the Azaan in her ears and also gave her the guthi.
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Lucky me, my babies have always been clean, like they have just taken a bath at the time of birth, but this could be due to the fact that the water didnt break till the very end. So no need of any clean up, straight on my chest for cuddles, and then a bit of wipe up of the head and hair, then cloths on and back to me.
Azan and gurti was done by my husband as soon as we got to our room. (after 1-2 hour)
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I was so happy at tht time tht I even dont remember how much blood was there I was just holding her n we both were staring each other, both equally confused 
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i had a C and after he was born, he was cleaned up immediately, i.e. a minimal wipe down because as it happened he wasn’t born with any gunk on him, and then weighed and swaddled and handed to my husband. that’s when i first saw him, probably within the first 5 minutes of his birth. within the next 5, they were wheeling me out of the OR and they had tucked him into my arm. as soon as we got to our room, my dad gave the azaan in his ear.
we don’t do the gutti/gurti thing in my family- what is that?
Gurti/guthi originates from sunnah, or is sunnah…the Prophet (pbuh) would take the flesh of a date, moisten it on his tongue and place it in the the newborns mouth…obvs not a lot of flesh, just so the child gets a hint of sweetness. The belief is if a very pious person does this, the child wil follow his/her steps or something like that. I know for a fact that it’s sunnah, which is why i did it.
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^ yes its a sunnah. Normally someone who is very pious does this.
It was a Dry date that Prophet SAW took, Chuwara. Chewed it to soften it. but never gave any solid bits of that chuwara to the child. Only touched on a bit of the sweet nectar and put it on the baby’s lips.. they immediately start smacking their lips
if there is no Chuwara then a date is preferred.
But in some muslim countries, they try doing it with honey or sugar .. and that is absolutely dangerous for the child. Shouldnt be done with anything other then the chuwara or a date’s sweetness.
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^ huh. i had no idea. thanks for the info!
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mine was also a c-section and things were a bit rocky in the end for me so baby was left on her warming bed with the peadiatrition checking her…my first look was thru hubby’s digital camera cuz I was impatient and made him take a pic of her coming out…actually with one foot still inside my belly. once I saw the pic and heard the doctor’s oooohs and ahhhhs about how healthy she was I don’t remember what happened.
I recall looking over my shoulder to see her lying sprawled on her bed by herself…apparently staring back at us…but then everything goes blank.
I don’t recall what happened after that…next memory is of waking up in the recovery room freezing cold even though I had several warm blankets and some sort of warm air-heated/filled blanket on me.
She was lying on the bed next to me with a pillow on either side of her…I’m told hubby did that to keep her from rolling …while he brought family into the recovery room to see me. He waited for us to be in our room before he did the azaan and gutti.
wow…I’ve never really thought through the timeline of this before…thanks CB.