Ten toes, ten fingers and a healthy baby — it's not always that simple.
Now some women are concerned how they look post-childbirth, you know, for Instagram purposes.
The New York Times reports new moms are hiring hairstylists and makeup artists to freshen them up post childbirth, sometimes right in their hospital rooms.
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When social media currency means carefully filtered photos (and quickly), the pressure to make them count is higher than ever. Not even the delivery room is spared.
It's already common for families to post photos from the recovery bed with their new baby bundles in tow:
#fbf to that time I first became a Mum. #love #mother #firsttime #daughter #childbirth #53hourlabour #mumlife #timeflies A photo posted by Melissa Best (@melissamareebest) on Jul 30, 2015 at 1:18pm PDT
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Best moment ever in my life @kaancelikmen #moment #annekiz #family #baby #surgery #birth #birthday #love #biricikkizim #amerikanhastanesi A photo posted by Banu Dogdas (@banudogdas) on Aug 4, 2015 at 5:53am PDT
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Yet most women don't have our own personal glam team, like Kate Middleton did, able to step out hours after delivering a child. Instead, many have taken advantage of apps like Glamsquad, Vensette and PRIV, which provide hair and makeup services straight to your home -- or in this case hospital room.
Due to the increase, PRIV has started offering promo codes and price ranges that start as low as $50 for in-room blowouts, or $75 makeup application for mommies to be.
"One of our clients, Jenn Brown-Chatham, had her baby unexpectedly about six weeks early. She had PRIV come to the hospital to spruce her up shortly after giving birth," Jen Conroy Betts, Priv's director of PR, told Mashable.
“I think someone realized, ‘Why should I not look good for that great picture that I’m going to show everybody, the first picture of my child?’” Joel Warren, an owner of the Warren-Tricomi salons, explained to the Times.
Other women opt to stay with their usual hair stylist or salon, sometimes costing them up to $700. Some nurses have even started keeping a list of nearby salons in their phones.
Currently, makeup and blowouts seem to be the priorities, but it makes us wonder what's next. Post-baby manicures? Elaborate updos?
Hey, whatever makes you and your Instagram followers happy.