24-HOUR COMFORT AND CARE It may be hard to envision what it will really be like looking after your baby once she is born, since right now it is your body that is automatically providing her with non-stop care and attention. The womb is a wonderful thing! It is designed to meet your baby's every need through pregnancy development stages: lighting and temperature are perfect, sounds are never too loud, sleeping and eating happen automatically, and every movement is cushioned by fluid. If it is a healthy pregnancy, there is no better place in the world! The way your body responds and adjusts everything to keep the uterine environment perfect for your developing baby during the pregnancy weeks is nothing short of miraculous.

SOOTHING STRATEGIES It is natural to wonder, or even worry, about how you will cope with the huge responsibility of tending to your newborn’s needs and comforts. Luckily, without even realising you’re already getting some practice during the pregnancy weeks. What you experience while pregnant, and the measures you take in response to your body’s changing demands, go some way towards preparing you for the job of caring for a newborn. For instance, at the moment you are probably experiencing sudden, regular pangs of hunger. In a healthy pregnancy your body literally shouts out for food, and no matter what you’re doing, you just have to stop and eat something. Similarly, you're having to get used to waking often during the night to adjust your position or go to the toilet. All this throughout the pregnancy development stages is fantastic training for life with a newborn! Like you, his little body will have urgent needs, and he will demand feeds or nappy changesright now.. And next time you find yourself bursting into tears out of the blue, remember that your newborn, too, will cry when she's tired and overwhelmed. Seeing your baby as an extension of yourself will make caring for your newborn the most natural thing in the world.