Hana's first week - and on

 

Hana nurses effectively for about 15-20 minutes before calling it quits to one breast. Her whole meal's affair - nursing from both breasts, with its various points of changing diapers & socialising - takes about an hour & a half. If these needs are satisfied, she will sleep right after nursing for two hours and a half before the next feeding. At night, she can sleep significantly longer, waking up for two nocturnal feedings. 

Hana gained 400 grams in her first week. She was fully breastfed from Day 4 of her birth. 

My experience with breastfeeding Sethia had been not only unsteady, but a little traumatic. It lasted only for a short 2 months. Breastfeeding Hana now feels spontaneous & common-sensical, like her almost painless birth. With Sethia, it was an 21-hour labor; with Hana, I arrived at hospital at about half past seven, an hour later at half past eight she was born. I thank God for the experiences with both Sethia and Hana, for both humble me: nothing really depends on me.