https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:09:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445699 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:53:27 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2445699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They delayed everything and I was able to do skin to skin. Then they did the eye drops and vit k. Not the hep b, not sure why... I didn't decline it out right but then on the day of discharge when we had waited hours and hours for our crazy nurse to come in and send us home, the nurse asked if we wanted it. We said we would just wait till 2 mo mainly because I didn't want anything else to hold up getting out of the hospital! I actually didn't really want it anyways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445695 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:50:43 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2445695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: my husband went to the circumcision. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445690 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:36:04 +0000 MrsRcCar 2445690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With N we didn't decline anything. However E we declined the Hep B shot until 2 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445683 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:25:45 +0000 daniellemybelle 2445683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yes, but they told him all the newborn procedures were necessary because it was an emergency and he went along with it. Vaccinations have nothing to do with it being an emergency C-section! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445405 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:10:12 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2445405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: it is given to all because some NB are high risk. That's why moms who know they are negative/ not high risk will decline it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445380 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:44:22 +0000 QBbride 2445380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: oh I thought the Hepatitis B vaccine was routinely given to all newborns. But it's only given to high risk babies?</p> <p>I got an oxytocin shot after both my births, I was OK with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445367 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:29:11 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2445367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: in the States, Hep B and the eye ointment are routinely given to babies in the chance their mother's are high risk and don't follow through post-natal care. At my hospital and many in my area mother's are given artificial oxytocin after delivery in the small chance they hemorrhage. I put that part in my birth preferences too before any kind of drug I want to see a legit medical need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445360 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:24:43 +0000 QBbride 2445360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I declined eye medication (new studies have actually made the Canadian Pediatrician Society recommend against routine eye prophylaxis). </p> <p>She got Vitamin K </p> <p>Hepatitis B vaccine is not given routinely to newborns in Canada. I'm super surprised that it is in the States (and I don't really understand why, to be honest). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445345 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:12:18 +0000 BakersWife 2445345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to decline the eye drops but our pediatrician (who is generally pretty liberal/crunchy) said that she had a sick baby come in who's parents had declined the eye drops but the baby had gotten E. coli in their eye because the mom pooped during labor. So there's that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445270 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:21:26 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2445270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: that's wasn't cool at all! Was your husband allowed to be with your DD the entire time at least?</p> <p>We didn't include it in our birth preferences, but except for the circumcision which we already know we can't go to, DH will ask to accompany the baby if he needs to be taken out of the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445238 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:08:58 +0000 daniellemybelle 2445238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: We requested to delay all three. We wanted to wait for our first visit to the pediatrician for any shots and the other stuff we were fine with but we wanted to have the "golden hour" and nurse first. </p> <p>Our requests were not honored after I had an emergency C-section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445213 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:52:47 +0000 birdofafeather 2445213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Declined hep b and eye ointment. Vitamin k shot delayed until after skin to skin but that's standard at our hospitals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445137 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:06:57 +0000 PawPrints 2445137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's standard at our hospital birthing center to delay everything until after a few hours of skin-to-skin. We did them all at that point.</p> <p>One note about the eye ointment, it was way less invasive than I had imagined. Just a tiny drop at the corner of her eyes. I thought it would be all over her eyes and impede her vision. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2445130 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:01:58 +0000 littlejoy 2445130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We declined the ointment &amp; hep B vaccine. We did the injectable Vit K shot a few hours after birth (the administered while baby was on my chest). We had a home birth, so I was able to tell my midwives my wishes ahead of time, and they just had it written down to reference. I received no push back from my midwives or my daughter's ped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444975 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:25:10 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2444975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our hospital, they encourage the baby to stay on your skin for an hour or two or more before they even do anything. So we didn't have to ask to delay anything. Once our kids were born, the nurses pretty much just left us alone for quite a while.</p> <p>But we did choose to decline the Hep B at the hospital all together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444966 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:18:22 +0000 JenGirl 2444966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything was delayed until after skin-to-skin. But then we did all three. We could have done the Hep B at the pediatrician at the 1 week appt, but we decided to go ahead and get it done at the same time as the Vit K, so they could do them at the same time and only upset baby once. </p> <p>I did a fair amount of research and felt pretty strongly that the Vit K was beneficial. The risks of the shot are less than the risks of the bleeding that the shots prevent and the bleeding can be devastating. The risks of not doing the erythromyacin drops are less, but the risk of harm is also less so I got those as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444940 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:00:11 +0000 Jennibenni 2444940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't delay or decline, but all were done after skin to skin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444823 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:57:31 +0000 LindsayLou 2444823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom's best friend, who is like my aunt, is a labor and delivery nurse. She and I have similar views, and I trust her judgement, so I took her advice on all three of these things.</p> <p>We declined the eye ointment. We delayed the vitamin k shot until after skin to skin, she ended up getting it a few hours later. We delayed the hep b shot until her first pediatrician visit at 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444724 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:54:52 +0000 SweetiePie 2444724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't get skin to skin due to a series of events. But I don't think it would have been an issue, especially for the hep b and vitamin K. I believe the vitamin K was done a couple hours later. We declined hep b until the pediatrician visit. I didn't have an opinion on the ointment but I'm sure that had we had a run-of-the-mill birth they would have done it after skin to skin if that was my wish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444707 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:38:46 +0000 Happygal 2444707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: thanks for sharing that site. I've never seen it before, but it's right up my alley for how I make decisions on things.</p> <p>I really couldn't tell you what happened! I had a c-section, so I don't know if they did all those things right away or later on. I did get to hold her pretty soon after as they finished stitching me back up, but am unaware of when all those things took place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444701 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:35:09 +0000 MenagerieMama 2444701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Delayed everything until after skin to skin but then did it all. Will do that again with all future LOs. Did delay her bath until right before 24 hrs when we discharged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline/page/2#post-2444697 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:29:03 +0000 lilyofthewest 2444697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We declined the prophy eye ointment; I'd had a really recent negative gonorrhea screening. The vitamin K was done a couple hours after he was born. We would have done the Hep B at the same time, but, my midwives didn't stock it so we had it done at the day 3 peds visit instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444690 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:23:31 +0000 DesertDreams88 2444690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did not decline any of the above, based on what <a href="http://www.evidencebasedbirth.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.evidencebasedbirth.com</a> had to say and having other priorities we cared more about. I wanted the shot &amp; vaccine, didn't think the eye ointment was necessary but didn't think it hurt, either.</p> <p>Also, in our hospital, those items are generally delayed until after some skin-to-skin and nursing. I was really emotionally and physically overwhelmed after the birth so I ended up doing skin-to-skin for about 10 minutes, then let the nurses do their thing which took about 10 more minutes. During that time I cried a bunch with DH, tried to calm down, and talked to/thanked my doctor as he stitched me up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444680 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:14:30 +0000 Mrs D 2444680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did not decline anything...but I think other than the eye ointment the others are done after skin to skin anyways.</p> <p>I'm an odd ball in that I requested DH be the first to hold DD1 (recommended to me by some moms who said they were a bit shaky/out of it after delivery and were not comfortable with holding such a fragile little thing)...he brought her right over to me. Was good for me as I had a rough stitching process that made me extremely uncomfortable and not suitable to be holding a new baby.</p> <p>We did skin to skin right after I was stitched...then I believe they took DD quickly for a check while we got moved from delivery to PP recovery. I dont remember her being gone much for than the 15-20 mins it took us to move. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444663 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:06:19 +0000 Mrs Spoon 2444663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Declined the eye ointment<br /> Oral vitamin k within a few hours<br /> Declined Hep B </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444605 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:39:14 +0000 Ms. RV 2444605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We wanted immediate skin-to-skin but ended up with a vacuum assisted/baby's heart rate dropping birth that had her whisked away for a few moments after the cord was cut for a check by the pediatrician on the room. We delayed skin-to-skin for that but the other stuff they waited until after we tried nursing during skin-to-skin (which is what their standard procedure is). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444592 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:33:52 +0000 MoonMoon 2444592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had all three done, but I wiped the eye ointment out of his eye early. I actually don't remember the timeline, though, whether it was before or after skin to skin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444586 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:32:22 +0000 PurplePeony 2444586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The hospital I delivered at has to do the standard newborn stuff within two hours of birth. A nurse came in around 1 hour 50 minutes :happy: We did Hep B at her ped's office but got eye ointment and Vitamin K when they did measurements, bath, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444585 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:31:56 +0000 lovehoneybee 2444585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't able to do immediate skin to skin either time (complications with me with my first and a c-section with my second). We didn't delay or decline anything, but with my second they did them all while I was holding her either in a recovery or post-partum room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-delay-or-decline#post-2444575 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:29:26 +0000 catomd00 2444575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's standard practice at my hospital to delay the first two until after skin to skin. We cannot decline eye ointment. The hep B was offered on our last day at the hospital, our Ped said we could do it then or two days later at our first appt, we just waited. </p>