And all of this conversation reminds me of the discussion of if the mother
is able to feed the baby, regardless of the size.

When I was born, my mother was told her milk wasn't enough to sustain me: I
was too little, there was no way her milk would be "good enough." I weighed
all of 5#4oz (full term, smoking mother...)

When my "baby" was born, I was warned by my then doctor that I wouldn't be
able to sustain her, because: she was too big, and there was no way my milk
would be "good enough." She was, ironically, 10#8oz (2 weeks early, thank
goodness!)

If my baby book is correct, I lost almost 20% of my birth weight (natural,
uninterferred with birth, unheard of during the time the dinosaurs walked
the earth - 1961, but Mom did remain in the hospital for the required 7 day
stay). When my baby was born, it was 10 years ago, and she not only didn't
lose weight, she gained 8 ounces in the first week. (home birth, no
interventions, and complete sts)

I don't think it has so much to do with the size of the baby, as it does
with the processes after the birth of said baby.

Best wishes,
Sam Doak



Dear Friends;
    If that 10 ml of colostrum comes from 1,000 different  women, I bet the
constituents would be variable between samples.
 
    Please correct me if I have an incorrect  idea.
    warmly,
    Nikki
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