A woman's belief that her<unk><unk>  is insufficient is one of the most common reasons for discontinuing breastfeeding. In many of those cases, the woman's<unk><unk>  is actually normal. After a few weeks or months of breastfeeding, changes that are commonly mistaken for signs of<unk>  include breasts feeling softer (this is normal after 1–3 months), more frequent demands by the infant to feed, feeds becoming shorter over time, baby colic, the perception that the baby is more satisfied after being fed infant formula, and a slowdown in growth after three months. To evaluate whether<unk><unk>  is actually insufficient, qualitative parameters should be used such as the following: * By 3–5 days, of age, the infant should be stooling 3–4 times per day and urinating 3—5 times per day. By 5–7 days of age, there should be 3—6 stools per day and 4—6 urines. * The infant should be alert, have good muscle tone, and show no signs of dehydration. * The infant should be consistently gaining weight and growing. In newborns, a loss of more than 5 to 7 percent of birth weight warrants investigation. The use of IV fluids in labour tends to artificially increase the birth weight of the baby, and subsequently inflate the baby's weight loss. Newborns should regain their birth weight by two weeks of age, and gain at least 150 g per week. If an infant is not showing these signs of growing well, other possible causes include: * Poor<unk>  transfer due to tongue-tie, or cleft palate. * Medical conditions in the infant, such as malabsorption of nutrients. Definition A mother is considered to have<unk>  if she produces less breast<unk>  than her infant requires. The term is used only after a mother's<unk>  "comes in", which usually occurs around 30–40 hours after delivery of a full-term infant.<unk>  is distinct from the scenario in which the mother's<unk>  comes in later than normal but is thereafter produced in sufficient quantities; this is known as delayed onset of lactation (delayed lactogenesis II).
Low milk supply
Delayed onset of lactation
Undernutrition in children
Postpartum infections
Breastfeeding difficulties
Maternal recognition of pregnancy
Other specified feeding or eating disorder
Water birth