>Beth Fitzpatrick posted:
>  I'm not sure what difference home-birth vs. hospital birth should
>make on weight loss.

Catherine Genna Watson kindly sent the following information via e-mail 
(being that she was over the daily post limit):

"Babies born at home generally bf 16 or more times a day the first few 
days. This not only gets them enough colostrum to maintain their weight, 
but brings in a larger milk supply sooner. Dewey did a study that measured 
milk vol vs freq of feeding on day 2, and included home born babies, and 2 
diff hospitals (baby friendly and traditional feeding)."

Incidentally, my daughter's birth and hospital stay resembled that of 
Beth's daughter: drug-free, no-intervention birth, with me (on me!) the 
entire time, nursing at will. Her birth weight was 8 lbs., discharge weight 
at 7 lbs. 7 oz., and back to birthweight by day 4. She was pleasantly plump 
in the early months and is now a lanky young critter of about 24 lbs. at 21 
months (and currently scattering every paperclip I own).

regards,
Julia


Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Mom to Sean (5) and Kira (1.5)
Madison, Wisconsin

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