Day 35 with your newborn
Five weeks together ✨
Five weeks in, you may be starting to recognise your own competence. Not every day, not all the time — but enough to know you are not where you started.
Let yourself take the win. If something feels easier than it did in week one, that is not luck — it is learning.
How you might feel
How you might feel
You may still be bleeding lightly or have stopped. If bleeding becomes heavy again, smells unpleasant, or comes with fever or feeling unwell, seek advice.
Today's tip
Today's tip
Think ahead to your six-week check. Write down questions about bleeding, stitches, scar healing, pelvic floor, mood, sex, contraception, feeding, or exercise.
Coming up
Coming up
Next week marks six weeks since birth — a useful checkpoint, not a finish line.
Checks and key dates around now
- Register the birthWithin 42 days in England and Wales
This is general information based on NHS guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your midwife, health visitor or GP about anything that worries you. If your baby has a high temperature, isn't feeding or is unusually sleepy, or you're worried about your own bleeding, pain or mood, get advice straight away from NHS 111 or your GP. In an emergency, call 999.