What should I do after my baby is born? What should I pay attention to after my baby is born?

Many new mothers are at a loss when facing problems after the baby is born. In fact, there are many things that need to be done in time after the baby is born. For example, defecation, bathing, vaccination, etc. What are they specifically? Let's take a look~

What to do after the baby is born

After ten months of pregnancy, you finally wait for the moment of "unloading"! But, is it easy to relax after giving birth? Of course not. After the baby is born, the mother should do the following 4 things as soon as possible!

1. After the baby is born, breastfeeding should be started as soon as possible

It is said that breast milk is better than gold. Breastfeeding after the baby is born can provide the baby with certain immunity.

Even if the mother secretes too little milk at this stage, the baby's repeated sucking can not only improve the baby's sucking ability, but also enhance the baby's gastrointestinal tract's ability to resist bacteria.

At the same time, it can also make the mother's pituitary gland secrete prolactin, increasing the mother's milk secretion.

Therefore, after the baby is born, the mother should breastfeed as soon as possible. Secondly, during breastfeeding, the mother can eat foods with high nutritional value to supplement nutrition, such as drinking more fresh fish soup, chicken soup and other soup drinks; if necessary, she can also choose a mother's milk powder.

Recommended: Friso mother milk powder has no added sucrose and is low in calories, which helps postpartum mothers manage their weight; it is rich in vitamin D, which promotes the mother's calcium absorption; and it has double intestinal protection, which is beneficial for the mother's intestinal tract.

2. Within 24 hours, the baby needs to pass meconium in time

What is meconium? Many mothers do not know. In fact, meconium is the metabolic waste of the baby swallowing vernix caseosa or fetal hair during the fetal period. Within 24 hours after the baby is born, meconium will begin to be discharged, usually in dark green or dark green.

The color of your baby's meconium will change over time and depending on the feeding method. If you are breastfeeding, your meconium will be golden yellow, while the meconium of a formula-fed baby will be brown-green.

In addition, mothers should pay special attention to the baby's cleaning work after each meconium discharge. You can use a soft towel or baby cotton wipes to clean the baby slightly, and then change into a fresh and clean diaper!

Recommendation: Cotton Era baby wipes are made of natural high-quality cotton, which is flexible, durable, and not prone to shedding; they adopt a double-layer sealing design to provide safety and hygiene; the weakly acidic formula is close to the pH value of baby's skin; and baby moisturizing ingredients are added to protect baby's skin.

Recommended: Pampers Ultra-Thin Dry Diapers, with S-shaped design, give babies a soft feeling like water ripples; ultra-thin and instant-absorbent, keep babies feeling dry at all times; highly efficient in locking in moisture, helping babies stay away from red buttocks.

3. Bathing the baby 48 hours after birth will make the baby healthier

Most babies can take a bath once a day after 48 hours of birth. Bathing can help clean dirt on the baby's body surface, prevent the invasion of external bacteria, and ensure the baby's skin health.

But mothers need to pay attention that they must be gentle when bathing their babies, and the bathing time should be controlled within 10 minutes, and the indoor temperature should be between 24℃-26℃ to prevent the baby from catching a cold.

In addition, you should use special baby bathing products when bathing your baby. Secondly, you should dry your belly button in time after bathing to avoid bacterial infection.

Recommended: Aveenobaby two-in-one baby shampoo and bath, made with natural oatmeal ingredients and does not contain artificial fragrances; it can effectively prevent baby's skin from drying out in autumn, give the baby a gentle and refreshing feeling, and help maintain the baby's surface weakly acidic pH balance.

4. Moms should not forget to get BCG and Hepatitis B vaccinations

Within 24 hours after the baby is born, the mother should promptly vaccinate the baby with two major vaccines: BCG vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine. Because the baby comes from the mother's body to a new living environment, the immune function is relatively insufficient and does not have sufficient resistance to some diseases. Therefore, it is particularly important to take a series of immunization measures.

Vaccination method: On the one hand, the baby should be vaccinated with BCG 1-2 days after birth, generally by skin scratch and intradermal injection; on the other hand, the hepatitis B vaccine should be given once within 24 hours after the baby is born, and the remaining two times are 30 to 40 days later and 5 to 8 months later.

What to pay attention to after the baby is born

1. After the newborn baby is born and everything is stable, parents should check the baby from head to toe, mainly to see if there is any swelling on the baby's head and whether the limbs can move freely.

2. Check the child's skin to see if the skin is normal and whether the breathing is normal.

3. The third is to check whether the baby's bowel movements are normal. Newborn babies will first excrete dark green meconium, which should then slowly turn into yellow. If there is blood or watery stool, you should seek medical attention in time to rule out digestive tract and intestinal problems.

4. Check whether urination is normal. If you have not urinated for 24 hours, you should pay attention to it and consult a doctor in time.

5.5. Temperature: The temperature of a newborn is 37 to 37.5

6. Personal experience: After the baby is born, the mother should pay attention to observe some physiological conditions, such as the baby's breathing, pulse, body temperature, excretion, etc. In fact, the mother should not worry too much. Now when you go to the hospital to give birth, the doctors and nurses will take good care of the newborn. Sometimes the mother is not as professional as the doctors and nurses and fails to find some bad phenomena in time. After the baby is born, the mother must take good care of this angel who has just arrived. The mother should pay attention to the baby's crying, appetite, sleep, urination, etc., and always pay attention to all aspects of the baby. If you find some abnormal phenomena, you should send it to the hospital to consult a doctor in time. Don't be lucky. Many diseases will cause lifelong regrets if you don't seek medical treatment in time. This is what mothers should pay special attention to.

What tests should be done for newborn babies?

Weighing: Generally, the doctor will take your baby to be weighed as soon as he or she is born in order to evaluate the development of your baby in your belly. Generally, the baby's weight will drop a little within one or two days after birth.

Height: The average height of a baby at birth is 50 cm, which is also a standard used by doctors to judge the development of newborns.

Measuring head circumference: The size of the head circumference can reflect whether the child’s brain development is good.

Tongue tie: This refers to a tendon under the tongue that is related to tongue movement. If a child's tongue tie is too short and the doctor finds it at the first time, a small operation can change this situation.

Sexual organs: Boys should be checked for cryptorchidism, hydrocele, hernia, urethral malformation, etc. Girls should pay attention to hernia, labia adhesion, etc.

Hearing: About 30% of hearing loss is caused by viral infection during the embryonic period. Early detection can provide timely treatment, so parents should pay attention to their children's hearing in daily life. Nowadays, hospitals generally do this test in the first few days after the baby is born. Sometimes in the first few days after birth, the hearing test does not meet the standard, and mothers should not worry, maybe because the amniotic fluid has not been fully absorbed. I encountered such a false alarm.

Finally, an Apgar score will be performed, also known as the neonatal score or Apgar score. It is a simple method to evaluate the severity of asphyxia and the absence of asphyxia at birth. Generally, the umbilical cord blood or heel blood of the newborn is adsorbed on filter paper. It is better for mothers not to watch the blood draw, as it will be very distressing.