Lost weight at 4 weeks

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My baby is 4 weeks old today. We are exclusively breastfeeding, she’s on my boob a lot, many times during the day and 2-3 times at night. She does plenty of wet and dirty nappies too. I decided to put her on a kitchen scale today as she was weighed last time 2 weeks ago. The scale showed around 2520 maybe 2530 grams which is less than her birth weight (3540). Obviously I am panicking now 😩 I really don’t want her to be on a formula. Do I need to contact my health visitor ? Or maybe my scale is wrong. Please help !

Don't panic op, HV scales are callibrated and more accurate than home scales. Just ask the HV when are they due to visit, normally you have your first visit in the first month then follow up by 6-8 week's. A ten percent loss of birth weight is expected in first ten days ( I realise baby is older than this) but EBF babies can be slow to gain weight (that's not a bad thing).

Signs of dehydration (sunken fontenelle/soft spot) or cracked lips, fewer than a dozen wet nappies in 24hrs then yes call HV or gp for advice.

Might just be a case of allowing her to drain each breast fully as the end milk is the fatty part if that makes sense.

Just call them ask for a weight check and take it from there?

Sounds like your doing really well, hth?

Sorry I meant 3500* not 2500 !!!

Ok so sounds like things might be going alright then weight wise, having said that always trust your instincts, you are the expert in your own baby and there's no harm in having a weight check by a HV.

But usually wouldn't be weighed more than once a fortnight as you might not get a good idea of the gain over a 2 wk period but over a longer amount of time.

Sounds like you are doing a great job though