[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Busman747

Mum is one floor below and she admits "I can't go up there without a wheelchair and besides, I am afraid to hold her. I feel dizzy and she is so fragile. I will wait until we are both ready."

Why is it that this bit is the part which immediately jumps out at me? She is afraid to hold her baby because she seems so fragile. Yes I can understand that but "I feel dizzy" ? Surely the hospital staff would ensure that she didn't drop the child if that's her concern. Don't most mothers want to pick up and hold their baby? I know I did. Even small and delicate babies the mother wants to hold, they reach out to inaccessible babies in incubators and long to touch them but this woman is waiting until they are both "ready". And when will that be? What of maternal bonding?