My baby has been doing really well, he's got great colour, he's
pooping and peeing well, and he's very interactive and alert. However, my
midwife is constantly trying to bully me into taking lactation aids, and if
he doesn't start gaining faster, she wants me to supplement! ARGHHHH! I
feel like calling her and telling her to f*** off (pardon my harsh language,
she just really makes me angry).
The course of his little life has been this: He lost about 6 ounces in the
first 4-5 days or so, then regained his birth weight and another 6 ounces in
the week and that followed. Now, in the last 6 days, he has only gained 4
ounces and the midwife is going crazy with telling me he's not doing as well
as he should. I agree that he is not as high as he was, nor is he on the
'average' weight gain for this week. But she's really getting nasty with
trying to get me to intervene. Am I crazy for wanting to tell her to leave
well enough alone?

You're not crazy, your baby sounds fine to me, and she sounds really awful!

If you can't get rid of her (I don't understand the health care system in
Canada) then can you get her off your back by telling her you're eating oatmeal
and taking fenugreek capsules? (You might even do it. Can't hurt.)

Newborn babies may gain an ounce a day on average, but that's an AVERAGE. They
won't gain exactly that much, no more no less, each and every day. If I'm
reading you right, your son gained 12 ounces (the first 6 that he lost after
birth plus 6 more) in one week and 4 the next, which is a bit more than 1 ounce
a day average. IOW, he's bang on.

Holly
Mom to Camden, 2.5 yrs