In the first moments, your new little one seems more like an alien than a bundle of joy, but after a bath for baby and a few deep breaths for the new parents, your little angel looks their part. Their little red face is all scrunched up, and the sounds that voice from their puckered little mouth are the most precious notes you could ever hope for. You ache any time the nurses take them for tests, and you deny offers from well meaning friends and family who offer to hold them while you get some sleep. All you want to do is be with your new baby, and you'll forego food, water and sleep to do just that! Baby Original.net
At first sight, your newborn may not be quite what you had expected. For the first half minute or so, his skin might be bluish grey, and he may appear lifeless. That may be a shock if you are not expecting it, but this is the color of all babies in the uterus. As your baby begins breathing and more oxygen enters his body, his color will turn pinker or ruddier-first the head and body, then the arms and legs, and last the feet and hands.
Your baby will be soaking wet, streaked with blood, and smeared with vernix, a white sticky substance.. Some babies have a great deal of vernix all over their bodies, and some have only small amounts, only in the creases and folds. Vernix is almost like a hand cream, in that it protects the baby’s skin while he is floating in amniotic fluid.
His face may be swollen and he might have long fingernails. You may also be surprised by the size of your baby’s genitals. The size and color subside in a few days, when their genitals take on a more normal appearance.
