Your baby’s urine (wee) and stools (poo) can show if your baby is getting enough milk.The more milk your baby drinks, the more urine your baby will produce. If your baby is producing lots of clear urine, this is a sign that they have had enough milk. Urine output gradually increases up to day 6-7, when they should have at least six heavy wet nappies in 24 hours.As your baby drinks and digests milk in the first few days after birth, the dark, black sticky meconium changes to a mustard yellow coloured stool (poo). The quicker the stool changes to yellow, the more milk your baby must have drunk and digested. If the stool is still dark black on day 3, this suggests they may not be getting enough milk.Speak to your midwife immediately if your baby’s urine or stool is not increasing/changing according to the table above.Some babies will pass an orange/red substance (urates) in their urine. Speak to your midwife if you see this beyond the first two days.If you have had a baby girl, you may notice that she has a small ‘pseudo period’. The withdrawal of your hormones that she received via the womb can cause a small amount of vaginal bleeding. This is perfectly normal.
Your baby’s urine (wee) and stools (poo) can show if your baby is getting enough milk.
The more milk your baby drinks, the more urine your baby will produce. If your baby is producing lots of clear urine, this is a sign that they have had enough milk. Urine output gradually increases up to day 6-7, when they should have at least six heavy wet nappies in 24 hours.
As your baby drinks and digests milk in the first few days after birth, the dark, black sticky meconium changes to a mustard yellow coloured stool (poo). The quicker the stool changes to yellow, the more milk your baby must have drunk and digested. If the stool is still dark black on day 3, this suggests they may not be getting enough milk.
Speak to your midwife immediately if your baby’s urine or stool is not increasing/changing according to the table above.
Some babies will pass an orange/red substance (urates) in their urine. Speak to your midwife if you see this beyond the first two days.
If you have had a baby girl, you may notice that she has a small ‘pseudo period’. The withdrawal of your hormones that she received via the womb can cause a small amount of vaginal bleeding. This is perfectly normal.