Episode 16: POST-NATAL EP 05 – DAY10-14 WHAT IS NORMAL FOR YOUR BABY AT THIS STAGE
On today’s episode is an overview of what is normal for your baby this two weeks after birth.
FOR BABY:
- Back to birth weight by day 10-14
- 8-11 plus Wet diapers daily
- Frequent or Infrequent poos (for exclusively Breastmilk fed Babies)
- 200g (7oz) to 300g (10.5oz) Weight gain weekly
FOR MOTHER:
- Normotensive BP
- Fundus no longer palpable
- Lochia reduced to Alba
- Sutured wounds healing – and what to do when they’re not
- Traumatized nipples improving
- Mother-Baby bonding interaction – and what is ‘normal’ at this stage
- Assessing PND Risk
- Kegels pelvic-floor exercises
- Prevention of SBS
- Baby’s Feeding & Behavioural Patterns & my WHY THEY CRY info
Connect with Kathy Fray:
- kathyfray.com
- Kathy Fray’s Books
- iTunes
- Day-1-Baby Heirloom Layette – Birthing Suite
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