On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:07:02 -0400, Jennifer Tow, IBCLC
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>The quote caught me off-guard at first--I was thinking of all those
>roly-poly 2- and 3-month-olds I've known. However, then I recalled that
>these kiddos all dropped a bit of weight in the first days after birth
>before rebounding to their birth weights. *Then* began the exponential
>growth. Obviously one doesn't want a baby starving, but it does seem some
>measure of weight loss is normal and healthy in the first week.
>
>I do not believe it is in any way healthy or normal to lose weight in the
first days or week of life. Homebirth babies rarely lose any weight at all.
<snip>


Hi Jennifer,

I agree that birth without interventions is the norm to measure all other
births against.

Mothers giving birth in the hospital are often pumped full of IV fluids,
their edema afterwards can be terrible.  Their babies seem to pee a whole
lot the first couple of days.  Do these babies take on excessive amounts of
water before birth?  Could this partly explain the difference in weight
loss?

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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