Debbie says,

> 24 hours after delivery we are having
> newborns that now are exceeding their 10% weight loss.
> Question:  Are any institutions using adjusted weights
> (retaking the weight in 6-12 hours) to readjust for
> the IV therapy issue. For scheduled c/s our anesthesia
> department "loves" to overhydrate our mothers.  Any
> thoughts or ideas would be helpful; any current
> "normal newborn nursery" policies would also be
>
I wonder if it would be useful to weigh all the diapers that the baby pees &
poops in.  I'd love to have some idea of how much peeing is going on in these
kiddos that first 24 hours.  I don't know that any of us know how many ounces
of urine and/or meconium are "normal" in the first 24 hours, but it certainly
would be useful to see if the baby is losing a lot of weight based on urine &
stool.

Which, of course, I think they are.

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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