Day 40 with your newborn
You are allowed to feel proud 🌟
It is easy to focus on what still feels hard. Today, make room for pride too. You have cared for a newborn while recovering from birth.
Pride does not require everything to be perfect. It can sit beside exhaustion, tears, uncertainty, and a messy kitchen.
How you might feel
How you might feel
You may still have physical symptoms or emotional wobbles. That does not erase your progress.
Today's tip
Today's tip
Write down three things you can do now that you could not do confidently in week one.
Coming up
Coming up
The evidence is there: you have been learning every day.
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.