Congratulations! 🥰 Your baby has arrived… but now you need to feed this *teeny* human. In celebration of WorldBreastfeedingWeek follow Jessica as she finds a comfortable rhythm with her son, Ben, during their first 48 hours of nursing.
Our son Ben has arrived. He is eight pounds, 10 ounces, and 20 inches long! My midwife said I “hid him well”. We do some skin-to-skin for about 30 minutes, and then I pass him to his dad for some more skin-to-skin time. Meanwhile, I deliver the placenta and my midwives take care of a few stitches.
My labour was around 36 hours. I labored at home for about 18 hours until active labour started, and then we transferred to the Toronto Birth Centre. We were there for about five hours, but my dilation stalled out and my contractions turned into back labour. I had been coping well until that point, but back labour was a game-changer, and at my midwife’s recommendation we transferred to the hospital.
to track his feeds, and this is really helpful because there is zero chance I would remember the last side he nursed on and for how long.Our midwife comes over to check on us and do Ben’s newborn screens and bloodwork. He sleeps through most of it, but cries during his heel prick and our midwife encourages me toHe has a good nursing session and then has no interest in eating all afternoon.
I feel very lucky that my baby ‘fit in’ with us quickly and bonded. He’s a great eater and sleeper and overall happy little guy. It didn’t feel like the exhausting blur others described to me. I don’t want to call it ‘easy’ because it wasn’t, but it also wasn’t as hard as I was anticipating. So far, I am feeling confident in our new family dynamic and looking forward to seeing how Ben grows and changes over the coming weeks and months.
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