Weight loss over first 72 to 96 hours for BF baby

[wysiwyg]

Cheers MadB, I feel like I am force feeding the poor little guy a bit, not that he seems to mind, although he has hidden his head under the boob initially like he is saying 'not more boob yet please' but after a min he decides he could go some more after all. Just counted in their chart and has had 11 feeds in last 24.

Maybe this should be a vent thread, it just seems weird that in my ward have heard them being fine with other mums letting 2&3 day olds go six to seven hours with no bf feeds (but because of the scales they are making sure I am doing at least every three which have always been! Seems focus is all on wrong things to me.

[onthefly]

I think it's a bit counterproductive to weigh so often, yeah. It really sounds to me like things are fine.

[Trillian]

If he had done so many large mec poos, then logically you would point the finger at that being the cause of the weight loss. But then the powers that be don't seen to think logically do they? Personally, I would say he was fine - my 3rd bub was exactly his weight and she lost about the same amount of weight too - but again, she was doing massive big mec poos so no one was worried. By day 4 she started gaining 30gm a day so she was fine, just needed that extra day. What bothers me though is that we are told to give bubs 2 weeks to get back to birthweight and by doing what they are doing to you, it is putting an unrealistic target on both of you

[onthefly]

great to hear

[Jellyfish]

Same thing happened with my DD, lost 11% or something and I was wanting to go home but it was the midwives making me second guess myself and 'threatening' that I was endangering my daughter. Pead came down and said yep, sounds like it is all going fine and we left within an hour. Glad you get to head home, I agree it is a lot more relaxing and easier in your own environment