Judith, you wrote:
    >They will often retest the baby
as they are breastfeeding - not waiting for the sugar level to rise.
Saturday I worked with a lovely baby 2 hours old.  The baby was
breastfeeding well but the RN tested the baby and the level was 36 - so in
came the formula, even though the ped group of the baby and the parents did
not wish this to happen.  <
I just attended a talk on the near term baby and was told that ALL babies
drop their blood sugars between 1-3 hours old and then they go up again.  So
blood sugars should be tested prior to 1 hour old and after 3 hours old.
I have asked for this reference because I will need it in hand when I go to
our hospital group.  Have others on this list heard of this?  Do you have
policies that address this?
I also agree that parents have the right in decisions.  I am not advocating
harming a baby but parents need to be in the decision process.
Ann Perry, RN IBCLC
Boston, MA

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