My baby 1st ride on the car was in a baby basket where he can lie flat. And that basket can be buckle by seat belt. Hardly found selling in the shop now as the demand is low due to many parents see it not worth investing, as that basket only fit for baby till 2-months old.

TS, not forgetting what your wife intend to wear during her confinement. Sarong? Not many women in this generation knows how to wear sarong.. She can opt for long pants.

Anyway, buckle up with basket still better than the idea of carrying the baby in the car.
We used that for the 1st month only. After that he no longer fit into the basket, which we then switched to carseat.
And that was 8yrs ago, where research is not that in-depth yet. But we choose not to hand-carry the baby, wonder why parents nowadays still having thought of carrying their baby is safe... with so many news and information sharing on-line.

I have a friend travelling from Penang back to Ipoh, putting his baby on a bouncer and strap it with seat belt. I scolded him when I heard bout it.