A Guide To Your New Family's First Weeks - Meriter Health Services

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Your Baby’s First Few Hours.........................................................................................................10-12 • Routine Newborn Exams/Measurements • Your Baby’s Appearance • Reflexes • Newborn Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) • Newborn Medications • Vitamin K • Erythromycin Eye Ointment • Neonatal Screening • Immunizations • Hepatitis B Vaccine • Holding Your Baby Skin-to-Skin Mother Care......................................................................................................................................................13-18 • Rest • Pain Management • Medication Information • Vaginal flow • Urination • Perineal Comfort • Hemorrhoids • Swelling (Edema) During and After Pregnancy • What To Do For Swelling During and After Pregnancy • Breasts • Nutrition and Weight Loss • Sexual Intercourse • Birth Control Recovery from Cesarean Birth.......................................................................................................19-20 • Pain Relief • Respiratory • Incision • Signs and Symptoms of Infection • Urinary Catheter • Activity • IV Fluids • Diet • Bath/Shower • Postpartum Check • Caring for Your Baby • Going Home After a Cesarean Birth • Feeling After Unplanned Cesarean Birth Nutrition and Feeding: Breastfeeding.....................................................................................21-31 • Benefits of Breastfeeding: For Baby • Benefits of Breastfeeding: For Mom • Additional Assistance • Steps to Promote Successful Breastfeeding • Breastfeeding Positions • Helping Your Baby Latch to the Breast • Signs of a Good Latch • Signs of an Incorrect Latch • How Often and How Long to Feed • Feeding Cues • How Your Milk Changes • How Do I know if my Baby is Getting Enough Milk • Ways to Tell if Your Baby is Getting Enough Milk • Your Milk Supply • The Sleepy Baby • The Fussy Baby • Nipple and Breast Problems • Introducing a Bottle • Expressing and Storing Breast milk • Lifestyle Issue Nutrition and Feeding: Common Feeding-Related Concerns for Both Breast and Formula Fed Babies............... 32 • Burping • Hiccups • Thumbs and Pacifiers 2
Nutrition and Feeding: Formula Feeding...........................................................................33-35 • Types of Formula • Preparing Formula • Water Supply • Agencies That Can Test Your Water • Bottle Feeding Your Baby • Frequency and Amount of Feedings Diapers and Bowel Movements......................................................................................................... 36 • Diapers • Diapering • Urine • Bowel Movements • Diarrhea • Gas Common Skin Conditions and Cord Care.........................................................................37-38 • Newborn Skin • Newborn Rash • Newborn Acne • Milia • Stork Bite Birthmarks • Mongolian Spots • Drooling Rashes • Pustular Rashes • Diaper Rashes • Yeast Infection • Cradle Cap • Fingernails • Umbilical Cord Care Caring for the Foreskin and Deciding About Circumcision...........................39-41 • What is Circumcision • Why Do Some Parents Choose Circumcision for Their Sons • Why Do Some Parents Choose Not to Have Their Sons Circumcised • What Are the Potential Benefits of Circumcision • What Are the Risks of Circumcision • Are There Reasons Why a Circumcision Should be Delayed • Pain Control for Circumcisions • How is Circumcision Done • Caring for the Circumcised Penis Bathing Your Baby.....................................................................................................................................42-43 • Tips for Bathing Your Baby • Bath Supplies • Sponge Bath • Tub Bath Jaundice...................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Recognizing Illness....................................................................................................................................45-46 • Taking Temperatures • Common Signs of Illness in a Newborn • Using a Bulb Syringe 3
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Page 19 and 20: Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids are varicos
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Page 25 and 26: Helping Your Baby Latch to the Brea
Page 27 and 28: How Your Milk Changes Your body mak
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Page 31 and 32: Expressing and Storing Breast Milk
Page 33 and 34: Lifestyle Issues Nutrition for Moth
Page 35 and 36: Nutrition and Feeding: Formula Feed
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Page 39 and 40: Common Skin Conditions and Cord Car
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Sibling Relationships Most families
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Baby Blues The most common, least s
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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scal
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Postpartum Medication Log To assist
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How Is Breastfeeding Going Answer t
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