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Did you take the baby to your post-partum OB check-up?

  • poll: Did you take LO with you for your post-partum check-up?
    Yes, I chose to. : (65 votes)
    47 %
    Yes, but only because there was no other option. : (38 votes)
    28 %
    No. : (34 votes)
    25 %
  1. Mrs. Oatmeal

    blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts

    Yep! At the midwives, it was just as much a follow up for me as it was for the babies. They got weighed and measured, then I had my checkup.

  2. matador84

    papaya / 10560 posts

    Yes, my ob and the nurses love to peek at the babies!

  3. birdofafeather

    pineapple / 12053 posts

    My first I didn't and my OB was bummed she didn't get to see her.

    My second I brought in and the nurses loved it but I didn't even see my actual OB, which I thought was really weird/rude since he was actually in the office and did deliver DD2.

  4. MoonMoon

    pomegranate / 3393 posts

    I didn't but then I felt bad because she asked where he was! I loved her and she was moving away the following week, so I've always regretted not taking LO to see her one last time. I honestly didn't realize it was something people did.

  5. Raspberry

    kiwi / 598 posts

    Yes, because my DH drove me and he stayed in the waiting room with the baby. My OB went out to admire the baby at the end of the appointment.

  6. Cherrybee

    papaya / 10570 posts

    My 6 week check was with my General Practitioner. I took my mum with me to sit with LO in the waiting room but she got too nervous and wouldn't be left alone with her. I ended up holding a fussy E, while talking to the doctor, while my mum sat in the room looking bewildered! The doctor (about 90 years old by my reckoning) was very pleased to see E though and asked for a hold!!

  7. blackbird

    wonderful grape / 20453 posts

    Mine encourages us to! Fruits of everyone's labor, heh. The NP was *happy* to hold T during my check up down there

  8. Mama Bird

    pomegranate / 3127 posts

    I left DS at home and regretted it because it was a three hour wait. I left without seeing the doctor and had to reschedule.

    I brought DD along because I expected the same wait. Thankfully DH was able to come so he took her outside when she got fussy. It's a pity I didn't see the doc that delivered her!

  9. JoJoGirl

    cantaloupe / 6206 posts

    Yes, no childcare while on maternity leave and baby needed to be fed every 2 hours anyway

  10. looch

    wonderful pear / 26210 posts

    No, because my mom was visiting, so she stayed with him. I was too much of a mess to think about using the stroller on public transportation at that time.

  11. threeplusme

    cherry / 248 posts

    With my firsts no since at the time my mil lived close by so she watched my twins.

    With my daughter I brought her along and my mil watched my twin toddlers. I had a bit of a wait and ended up breast feeding her during my pelvic exam.

  12. Adira

    wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts

    Yep, both times! I didn't have any other option anyway, but I would've taken them anyway. The midwives were always so excited to see my babies.

  13. Smurfette

    GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts

    I didn't but should have. She hated the car seat so DH kept her at home with him (he was working from home) but then she was hungry so he had to deal with the crying. I did take her to my IUD placement around 10 weeks or so. She slept the whole time.

  14. Alivoo01

    wonderful olive / 19353 posts

    Yup! Because I didn't want to leave him home alone with my mom and I wanted to show him off to my favorite nurse at the OB office!

  15. snowjewelz

    wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts

    Nope. That was probably the first time I went out of the house by myself, haha! I figured it was about time that DH practice bottle feeding DD.

  16. lioneyes

    persimmon / 1286 posts

    yes, everyone in the office wanted to meet him! but DH came too, so after the doc saw him, the 2 of them left.

  17. Mommy Finger

    pomegranate / 3272 posts

    I took him and everyone in the office was so glad I did.

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