Hi Kathy,
That's the point. Research in the area of relactation has not used test
weighs but just encouraged frequent feeding and encouraged the mother.
Success rates are very high. It seems that one does not need to know how
much milk the baby is getting at any particular feed and that monitoring
output and long term weight gain is appropriate.
Karleen Gribble
Australia


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From: "Kathy Eng" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:21 PM
Subject: baby back on breast


> Karleen wrote: The research in the area of relactation does not support
the idea that test
> weighs are at all necessary...where relactation is successful, just
feeding
> frequently has done the trick.
>
> This is fascinating as I didn't know someone had done this kind of
research. Please give me the reference for the research done with test
weights and relactation -- this is great information!
>
> When the question is whether or not baby is transferring milk, we do have
research showing how test weights on a Medela Baby Weigh are appropriate and
accurate. One can look in the archives for this discussion or several
discussion but I want to learn more about relactation specifically. Thanks!
>
> Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC
>
>
>

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