Sentences with phrase «removing vernix»

Removing vernix from the skin gets rid of a natural insulating layer which can cause heat loss to be far more rapid.

But since it takes quite a lot of rubbing to remove vernix, a water birth alone won't wash it off.

Bathing doesn't only remove the aforementioned fluids from your newborn's skin, it also removes the vernix caseosa, which is a white substance found on your baby's skin.

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But you have the option to tell hospital staff that you don't want them to remove excess amounts of the vernix caseosa.

The baby will also be washed down, having any blood, tissue matter, and vernix (the yellow, cheesy - like substance that coated the baby while he was in the womb, protecting his skin from the amniotic fluid) removed.