Vernix: Rub it in, Don’t Wash it off.

Vernix: Don’t Wash It Off, Rub It In!
Most doctors and nurses want to wipe vernix off baby immediately after birth. But vernix offers many benefits for baby when you leave it on and rub it in.

Vernix begins to form on the unborn baby at about 20 weeks gestation, partially to prevent baby’s skin from getting too waterlogged after marinating in amniotic fluid month after month. Unlike skin cells, vernix is more mobile and fluid. It is also more permeable to the transport of water and other small molecules to the baby.

Vernix is a germ fighting superhero.
One of the primary purposes of vernix is to protect the infant from unwanted pathogens, both in the womb, and out of it.

Infants who have it immediately washed off have a significantly higher rate of heat loss.

Don’t wash it off, rub it in.

my girl, 2018.

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