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Breastfeeding Your Baby: Losing 10% of Birth Weight

2023/11/2
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Newbies: New Moms, New Babies

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Your baby's birth weight is important. And for those first couple weeks of life, your primary goal as a new mom is to keep that birth weight from falling more than 10%. Why is it important to maintain that birth weight right after birth? Why is 10% the magic number? And what does it mean if your baby loses more than 10% of her initial weight? What are your options?

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