hi mamas hope you're doing well this is party goyal I'm a childbirth educator and a prenatal yoga specialist and today we'll be talking about how to know if your baby is getting enough milk new moms are often concerned about their milk supply and are worried that their baby is not getting enough milk especially because you can't surely measure how much milk the baby is taking in directly through the breasts so today I'll be telling you three simple rules that you can follow to ensure that your baby is well fed first of all it is very
important to know that the size of the baby's stomach is really really small on the day the baby is born the size of their stomach is just 5 ml that is the size of a marble so even the small amount of colostrum that you are producing is enough to keep the baby nourished for the first two days by day 3 the size of the stomach increases to 20 ml or the size of a ping-pong ball and this increases to about 60 ml by day 10 or the size of an egg so it is important to
remember that the baby doesn't need that much milk in the first week of their life during this time your body also responds to the needs of your baby as they start breastfeeding and start producing more and more milk as the baby's stomach grows so here are three simple rules that you can follow to keep track that your baby is getting enough milk the first one is keeping track of their wet diapers by day five or six your baby should be wearing at least six diapers and an additional poopy diaper having at least seven dirty diapers
daily means that your baby is getting enough food and is hydrated you can also keep track of the color of their pee and poop so the pee should be generally pale yellow anything dark means that they need more milk or hydration the color of their poop changes over the course of week initially the first poo is going to be like tarry black called meconium it's going to change to greenish by day three or four and they buy five or six it becomes like a CD mustard yellow which is sign of good digestion next is keeping
track of your baby's weight gain babies tend to lose about five to ten percent of their birth weight in the first few days after delivery however they gain it back within two weeks and from then onwards they gain about half a kg to 1 kg per month so if your baby is regularly gaining weight and they are growing into their clothes it means that they are feeding well and the last one is the baby seems content and satisfied after each feeding so generally before you start feeding the baby they are more agitated moving about maybe
their fists are closed by the end of their feed they generally can to become a bit relaxed drowsy and their fingers and fists are loose so if the baby looks satisfied and drowsy after the feed it means they are feeding well so I hope you found this helpful I'll see you with a new video soon till then take care and bye bye
