Lee,

I don't have the original post in front of me so it is hard for me to 
respond to your challenges.
Going from 6#11 to 7#14 is a 19 oz gain in 30 days (I thought it was 5 wks). 
This is an average gain of 4.4 oz per week or about 0.63 oz per day. If you 
want to be very accurate, there it is. Again, I would not find this 
reassuring. It *may* be a low normal gain, but in this particular case, as I 
recall, this was not a steady, slow gaining baby.

I disagree with your assessment that "A 10% loss in the first 5 days is 
common for a baby born in a hospital where breastfeeding management is poor 
and/or the mom had a high IV load that
caused severe edema in the baby." Babies are generally home by day 2-4 and 
mom should have copious milk by day 4 or 5 and the baby should be gaining. 
The IV therapy/edema in baby situation, I believe, is a theory and I also 
recall was shown not to be the case in at least one study.

I hope the new bf helpers on the list will consider both sides of this 
'argument' carefully, and talk to several experienced consultants about how 
they interpret the info and respond to it.

Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA

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