1. Your Newborn

2. Baby Basics: Episode 3 of 35 - YouTube

3. WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT YOUR NEWBORN EXPERIENCES AFTER BIRTH?
Loses 10% of body weight during the first WEEK but gains it back again at the end of second week.
Used to getting nourishment through the umbilical cord
Begins to swallow and eat

4. Feels HUNGER for the first time
Use to receive all oxygen through umbilical cord and now begins to Breathe on own.
May gasp, sneeze, cough- as trying to clear away mucous from respiratory system

5. Never felt Hot or Cold: always been consistent 98 degrees
Never breathed air - only fluid
At birth temperature drops rapidly

6. While in the womb all outside sound was muffled by the fluid
No days or nights
It takes TIME to adjust.