I have a 10 day old bub, we have been breastfeeding and so far I feel as if its going really well. However I am concerned that she does not feed enough, and with her last two weigh in's she lost weight. I know babies usually lose weight after birth and can take a couple of weeks to start gaining again. I was hoping to ease my mind today with a visit from the health nurse, but she forgot her scales.

Bub seems to be a good sleeper at the moment, and can stretch 5/6 hours between feeds. I think this may be too long to let her go, yet the nurse said as long as she is getting in 6 decent feeds in 24 hours all is ok.

So today I kept track. She fed at 7am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 6pm. Its now 8pm. I am thinking I will wake her to feed again before I go to bed, so 9ish, to get in that 5th feed. And then she will have a early morning feed sometime and probably stretch through to 6/7am. She really seems to be able to stretch herself between feeds and is very content.

Do I need to feed her more often than this? Sounds silly but I feel mean waking her and it sounds a bit nuts to wake a sleeping baby!

Also I am worried about keeping up my supply....how can I tell if it is low? She feeds for anywhere between 20-30 mins and most feeds I manage to give her both sides.