Simply Midwifery

19/11/2025

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Night waking isn’t a problem to be fixed - it’s a natural, protective part of your baby's biology. Babies wake for food, comfort, closeness and reassurance. Their brains and bodies are still developing and these frequent wakings support safety, secure attachment, milk supply and healthy hormone balance.

Somewhere along the way, we've normalised “independent sleep” as the ideal, forgetting that human infants are biologically wired to need connection and proximity. They’re not poor sleepers - they’re beautifully human.

So, if your baby still wakes at night, know this: you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re responding to exactly what your baby needs🥰

31/10/2025

Just a wee push to some of my wonderful previous clients…i only have a few years left in me, do it…dont take the easy option. So enjoy my mahi, i want to care for you all again 🥰

29/10/2025

15/10/2025

During childbirth, the cervix naturally dilates up to 10 centimeters (4 inches) to facilitate the passage of the baby. This process, known as cervical dilation, can span several hours, or even days, as the body diligently works to open and thin the cervix.

What truly astounds is the rhythmic contraction of the uterus, which aids in dilation and guides the baby downward. Nature’s teamwork is truly unparalleled!

11/10/2025

Watch this is ya not grossed out by abit of blood. I ♥️placenta’s (whenua)without a placenta you wouldnt get a baby…they are tge tree of life

01/09/2025

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Let’s talk about waking a sleeping baby. It used to be common to recommend waking a newborn under 2 weeks old every 3 hours to feed. Why? We except babies to lose up to 7-8% of their birth weight in the first 3-4 days and then regain it by 10-14 days. Many hospital staff still recommend this with the expectation that at baby’s 2 week check up, the pediatrician would give the go ahead to let baby sleep as long as they wanted based off regained weight. This is based on research that newborns typically breastfeed a MINIMUM of 8 times in 24 hours (most breastfed babies eat 10-16 times in 24 hours). In reality, if a newborn is feeding well (pain free latch, audible swallows noted, engaged during feedings), if they are gaining weight and peeing/pooping, there’s no reason to wake them to feed. Even from birth. Babies are exhausted from labor as much as you are and sleep is a good thing to recover.

Reasons to wake a baby to feed:
⚖️Lost more than 10% of their birth weight
🍯 Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
⚖️Struggling to gain weight
👅Not efficiently feeding due to tongue ties or an uncoordinated suck
😞Moderate to severe jaundice
🚑Certain medical conditions
💊 Side effects of certain medications is making baby drowsy

Waking a baby to eat because of feeding, jaundice, or weight concerns would be done TEMPORARILY and under the guidance of a team of health care providers. If a pediatrician is recommending to wake baby, and the goal is breastfeeding, they should refer the family to an IBCLC lactation consultant or have the family come into the office for multiple weight checks to stop waking as soon as feeding is on track. Many times a triple feeding plan would be put into place (attempt to latch, pump and supplement) to help establish milk supply and keep baby fed until baby becomes more efficient at feeding. This usually happens within the first 2-3 weeks after birth. Once baby is waking on their own, gaining weight and consistently feeding efficiently, there is no need to wake baby to feed and the triple feeding should be weaned off.