this page<\/a>. Apgar test is usually done twice – first time after 1 minute of baby’s life, and the second time after 5 minutes. Maxim scored 9 on the first test, and 10 on the second. This is pretty much as good as it gets.<\/p>\nThirdly, we found out that Maxim lost some weight. He was 3,680 grams when he was born. He weights about 3,350 now. This is totally normal. Most babies lose about 10% of their weight in the first few days after the birth. Imagine the stress they are going through! 10% don’t sound too much when talking about grams. But if applied to the weight of an adult human being – make one draw some really dramatic pictures.<\/p>\n
Fourthly, we witnessed some procedures for the first time in our lives. Blood sample was taken from the right heel for tests against several desease. Also, an ultrasound examination of brain has been done, which makes me want to research the subject a bit, since I didn’t understand any of the pictures that I saw.<\/p>\n
Fifthly, we’ve learned a bunch of miscleanea about breastfeeding, massage, and mother’s diet, but there was nothing special, so I am not sharing. Pretty much everything was already said and written all over the web, we just confirmed that with our doctor<\/p>\n
We’ll be seing Dr.Simos Kitiris in one week to monitor Maxim’s progress in this world…<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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