In response to Betsy Riedel's question about volume of br. milk needed for a
healthy 36-wker:

What does baby weigh? Here are some general guidelines:

to gain wt. (probably what you want with a 36-wk baby) - 120 calories/kg/day
to maintain wt. - 100 cals/kg/day

Colostrum has 20 cal/oz.
Mature milk has 22 cal/oz.

So, as an example, if the baby weighs 5 lbs, that's 2.3 kg, and he needs
about 13.8 oz. of colostrum/day (doing the math with colostrum because it's
easier).

(From a 1993 presentation by Marie Biancuzzo)

Cathy Bargar, RN, IBCLC Ithaca NY

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