Pat says:
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You  really need to read the articles by Joy Noel-Weiss in the Int  
Breastfeeding J.   www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/6/1/9 
and the  accompanying article on doing a study at your hospital.  In these  
articles Dr Weiss explains how the birth weight is basically inaccurate  
and 
a poor place to start counting the 10% from.  The weight at 24  hours is a 
better weight to use.  Fascinating reading :-)  Pat  in SNJ 
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I second that (and third it, along with Jean C).  I also think we need  to 
go back to weighing diapers to see exactly how much our babies are pooping  
and peeing and how much diuresis is taking place.  What is the point in  
gauging percentage of weight lost if we aren't looking at the ounces of weight  
lost?  I realize in this day and age of high tech, that going back to  
actually MEASURING output may seem a bit outdated.  However, we are  needlessly 
supplementing babies who are simply diuresing the extra fluids  obtained 
during labor.  
 
What happened to looking at BABIES rather than NUMBERS?  
 

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation Education  Consultants


_http://lactationeducation.com_ (http://www.lactationeducation.com/)   





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