Vernix benefits.

Did you know that vernix prevents water loss and acts as insulation to keep your baby warm? If we know this to be true, why do systems continue to wipe away these health protectants at birth while simultaneously being worried about baby having heat loss? And if we know premature babies are at a higher risk for hypothermia, why are we not conserving any vernix on the skin that can help prevent hypothermia in the baby? Researchers have suggested that keeping vernix on the skin of premature infants and waiting till it disappears around the 5th day would be in the child's best interest for heat regulation. And we should consider that vernix also helps fight off bad bacterias which are largely present in hospitals. We have to start using logic.

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When should vernix be wiped off?

i would personally wait at least a solid week before considering wiping or bathing

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All those so called thinhs are rubbish to be honest, my baby came out perfectly clean and 2 years on he is perfectly healthy by just practices and following the book. To prevent hypothermia keep baby warm dress baby quickly.

keep newborn babies baths short and when they are being bathed the radiator needs to be on.

Wow! Look at all that vernix!
My baby came at 40+2 so all his had been absorbed into his little body already. I still didn’t bathe him for about a week.
If he had been born with lots of vernix, I definitely would’ve kept it on him and waited to bathe him.

You can always write things like that into your birth plan and your healthcare team will honor it.

You could put that picture as sensitive..

Yes it needs to be marked as sensitive content

yes some babies don’t have all that vernix by the time they come out.

I have it on my birth plan to not bathe my baby regardless if she comes out with all that vernix or not

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