How long did your breastfed baby take to get back to birth weight?

I have just had my 5 day appointment and my baby has dropped 9%. I've been booked for a reweigh on Monday and told if she's lost more we will be sent to hospital. I said that's fine but I will refuse any feeding plan as I was put on one last time ( triple feeding) and it made my daughter projectile vomit and my mh plummet. She then asked if I had through about pumping and I said no I won't be pumping 5 days PP and 1 day after my milk has come in. Honestly the whole appointment has left me so angry at the pressure they put on us to get back to birth weight in 10 days. My partner also said she was weighed wearing a hat and blanket ( I had a c section so couldjt se)

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I think 15 days with my daughter

Honestly the MW or HV are so inconsistent about this. My baby took 3 weeks to regain birth weight and my HV was so ok with it! She lost 8% at max and it was fine. Please keep on your track, but ofc if there is danger to your baby the doctors advice needs to be listened to.

I pumped at like 1 week in but honestly I don’t think it’s worth it. Keep up as much feeding as possible, wake up baby if she falls asleep mid feed. And make sure you tell them her birth weight was incorrectly measured.

Sorry they are stressing you like this.

Mine was just slightly over her birth weight 8 days pp

3 weeks she was 98th and dropped to 70th. I was told to pump and formula feed. I refused and breastfed every 1.5hrs and she started tracking on the 75th and has maintained that. Shes now 5month and feeding perfectly. Hold in there, it's hard but you'll get there.

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