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Yes. For caesarean they do. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doula-explains-why-hospital-charged-parents-39-to-hold-newborn-baby-in-viral-post/ https://www.cbsnews.

• frankenst1 5y ago
  “During a caesarean, many people become shaky, nauseous, uncomfortable, even faint,” Grant explained. “These are normal physiological reactions. In order to facilitate skin to skin in the OR, an extra nurse needs to be available to assist.”
  • tobr 5y ago
    I don’t understand how that is a “mic drop” as they put it in the article. If these are normal physiological reactions, why would you charge extra for it? It must be the request to hold your newborn child that they consider not to be normal, then?
    • dboreham 5y ago
      Normally the baby is whisked quickly out of the OR to a place that's not a tightly controlled clean environment, where skin to skin contact is facilitated without charge (to the father/non-birthing-close-relative, obviously, since mother is still in recovery). Source: two sons born this way in the US.
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