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This is a happy story with a lot of lessons! Although she didn't plan a homebirth, this mom delivered her baby in her bathroom, calmly and without fear. Check it out!

How will I know my baby is getting enough to eat?

How will I know my baby is getting enough to eat?

-6 or more wet diapers a day by day 3

-4–8 ounces of weight gain a week after the first week

-3 or more stools a day by day 3

-Yellow stools by day 5

Mothers are often surprised to see how quickly their milk supply increases during the first 3–5 days after birth. What may seem like small amounts of milk at first turns out to be exactly what newborn babies need. Frequent feedings (8–12 times in each 24 hour period) ensures that each mother’s milk supply matches the needs of her growing baby.

The first days and weeks of your baby’s life will give you an opportunity to learn your baby’s feeding cues and feeding patterns, including signs that your baby is hungry or full. Should you see signs that your baby may not be getting enough to eat, contact your baby’s health care provider right away.

CREDIT: http://babygooroo.com/ Test Your Breastfeeding IQ: http://babygooroo.com/2012/10/test-your-breastfeeding-iq/

beautiful words

Every midwife knows

that not until a mother’s womb

softens from the pain of labour

will a way unfold

and the infant find that opening to be born.

Oh friend! There is treasure in your heart,

it is heavy with child.

Listen. All the awakened ones,

like trusted midwives are saying,

'welcome this pain.'

It opens the dark passage of Grace.

~ Rumi

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