These are the instructions I was given by my midwife after giving birth.

For mom

Call the midwife if:

• You soak through 2 pads/diapers in an hour
• A lot of blood, massage belly, baby to breast
• Clots are bigger than an egg
• A lot of clots
• Puss or a strange smell
• Flu symptoms

For baby

Call the midwife if:

• Signs of respiratory distress, color around mouth and nose
• Nose flailing
• Ribs protruding when breathing
• Breathing pause a few pauses, normal
• High pitch cat sound
• Floppy, lethargic

Normal/care:

• One pee in 24 hours 
• Chord clean and dry 
• Sponge bath with just water
• Bubbles from mouth
• Breathing pauses a few times

If she won’t eat:

• Wake her up with wash cloth, etc.
• Football/different hold
• Change diaper
• Husband take her

Nursing 

• Any problems with nursing, call midwife
• Nurse every 2 hours spaced start to start
• Deep latch, flip upper lip up, make lip is flanged
• Soap and water to clean nipple inverter