After the baby is born, what purpose does the nurse report the weight have? Indicates whether physical development is up to par

Pregnant in October, melons are ripe.

After a difficult delivery process, the young mother finally gave birth to her baby safely, which relaxed her nervous mood.

At this time, the nurse after a simple cleaning, will be the baby’s gender, weight and other data reported out loud, let the new parents feel confused.

Reporting the sex of the child is understandable, since it’s a topic of concern, but is it necessary to report information about weight?

A lot of people are wondering.

After 90 treasure mother Susan in the hospital safe delivery, the nurse quickly clean the baby, hands and feet to do a measure, and then loudly announced: “Congratulations, gave birth to a male treasure, 3.5 kg!”

Out of concern, the family had been guarding the door, hearing the news was very happy, the husband entered the ward, quickly sent a big hug, the mother and mother were happy to close the mouth.

“After the baby is born, personal data such as sex and weight are supposed to be kept private,” Susan said of the nurse’s practice. “Why shout it out in public and let everyone know?”

The husband also did not know the reason, had to say: “This is the hospital rules, should be no problem.”

Susan’s husband was right. After the baby was born, the hospital asked for his weight to be measured and told the family that there was a specific reason.

As the saying goes: listen to the gong sound, listen to the opera sound.

In the hospital doctors say targeted, the nurse reported weight is also purposeful, know after touching.

Why do doctors report weight data at birth?

Know your child’s health status

Weight is an important indicator of a child’s development, so the purpose of the nurse to report weight is to indicate the health of the child.

From the medical point of view:

If the newborn’s weight is in the range of 2.5-4kg, it indicates normal development in the mother and relatively healthy body. If the weight is less than 2.5kg, it indicates malnutrition and stunting in the newborn, which is more common in premature babies. If it weighs more than 4kg, it is a “giant baby”. Although this kind of baby is born smoothly, there are certain hidden safety risks in the body. As it grows up, it is prone to chronic diseases such as heart disease and obesity, and there are many health risks.

Let the parents know about the child

Once a child is born, the hospital needs to have information about the child so that it can be recorded as an important part of record management, including weight. After these measurements are taken, the nurse will immediately report them to the parents, so that they have a comprehensive information about the birth of the child, which can be used as a reference for future care.

Used to avoid being mistaken or confused

The nurse reported the weight, but also in order to let the parents do know, to avoid the phenomenon of switching, after all, the hospital is more people, and every day there are children born, although this situation is very rare, but the hospital will insist on doing so.

At the same time, the hospital will also write these data on the bracelet for the newborn child to wear, which is also an important symbol to distinguish from other children, nurses and parents to visit, the information does not need to be confidential.

After the child is born, how should the family take good care of it?

Don’t disturb the child too much

In Chinese tradition, after a child is born, relatives and friends will come to visit, reflecting the strong affection, but it is very dangerous to do so.

First of all, because the child is just born, the body is lack of resistance, easy to cause viral and bacterial infections. Secondly,mothers have just gone through childbirth and is relatively weak. She needs a period of rest to recover.

Therefore, we should let the mother and the child rest more, especially when sleeping, do not carry him around for people to visit, there is a quiet, comfortable environment, can let him grow better.

Don’t rock while holding the baby

Some people worry about the child crying or sleep is not sweet, like to hold the child shaking, think that this can let him fall asleep as soon as possible, especially the home of the elderly used to do so, although the starting point is good, but this approach is wrong.

The child is in infancy, the brain cells are developing, if by a large range of shaking, may lead to brain cell development damage, which will affect the future intellectual development, the consequences are more serious.

It’s best to breastfeed

After the child is born, compared with other foods, it is best to feed him breast milk, which is convenient and nutritious, and is very good for the growth of the child. If the milk is not enough, you can use a variety of ways to promote milk, such as nutritional supplements, so that the milk is rich as soon as possible. Really can not also choose milk powder, however, should pay attention to the content of additives.

Let mother treasure recover as soon as possible

While taking good care of the newborn, family members should also care more about Bao Ma and not ignore her feelings.

After the birth of the treasure mother is very fragile, mood fluctuations, but also to feed the child, energy and physical strength, it is the time to care. If you get love and care from your family, your body will recover as soon as possible and you will have more energy to take care of your children.

It is normal for new parents to have some questions or make a fool of themselves when giving birth for the first time because they are inexperienced. However, as a young man in the new era, he should also learn more knowledge when seeking advice from doctors about fertility, so as not to be confused or confused. In fact, as long as the heart to learn, slowly will make perfect, in the road of parenting handy.