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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that coming home from the hospital to a clean house means you can spend less time cleaning during a time when you're exhausted and have more important things to concentrate.  My wealthy relative always gives a baby shower gift of professional cleaning for that reason.  Plus, cleaning when you're very pregnant or scrambling to get ready for the baby in other ways, isn't fun.

But while it might reduce your stress a little if everything is perfectly clean when you go into labor, the baby won't care.  This isn't something that's needed for the baby's health or wellbeing.  [/quote]

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thank you - I thought because of their new immune its best to get rid of everyday germs … 
thanks for the clarification.[/quote]

The vast, vast majority of babies come into not-pristinely-cleaned environments. We didn't do any particularly special cleaning before babies arrived. But were very diligent about hand washing. Also, when DH came home from work (traveling on metro) he always changed his clothes before handling the baby. That seemed a bit over the top to me but if you are super sensitive about this stuff, something to consider.[/quote]

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