This is the classic question every mom (and partner) want to know in those early weeks after birth. . .
I can’t tell if my baby has eaten well while nursing since there is no way to measure how much milk
has transferred from breast to baby’s tummy? The breast doesn’t calculate the transfer in milliliters or ounces.
As a new mom, it is hard to read your baby’s satisfaction level after a feed, particularly if baby was hard to
awaken, which is so very common during those first 2-3 weeks of life. Here is a nice article from a well-known
Canadian breastfeeding advocacy group to answer some of these very concerns.
http://www.breastfeedinginc.ca/content.php?pagename=doc-IMB