Mom Tips with Anchal 
Nobody sits you down before delivery and explains what the first 24 hours are actually for. Here's what I wish someone had told me, mama to mama.
1. The first hour is about skin-to-skin, not the first feed
Immediate skin-to-skin contact stabilises your baby's temperature and heart rate, and it signals your body to start producing the hormones behind milk production. The feed itself matters less than simply being held against you, uninterrupted.
2. Delay the bath, not the bonding
Ask for the first bath to be pushed back a few hours. That early window of alertness right after birth is exactly when babies are most ready to try their first latch.
3. Colostrum in the first 24 hours is enough, even if it looks like nothing
You may only see a few drops. That is completely normal. It is thick, concentrated, and precisely matched to your newborn's tiny stomach on day one.
4. Every non-urgent procedure can wait an hour
Weighing, footprints, routine checks — most can be gently delayed until after that first hour of contact and a first attempt at feeding, unless your medical team says otherwise.
5. Rooming-in beats the nursery
Keeping your baby close, rather than in a separate nursery, means you learn their hunger cues faster and your body responds to their rhythm sooner. That closeness in the first day sets the tone for the weeks that follow.