To give an idea of how useful weighing before and after nursing can be,
I thought I'd experiment today at my 3 week post-partum visit with the
midwife (well, Nyssa's almost 4 weeks already! but...).

I put Nyssa in a brand new disposable diaper...clean...and she had on
one baby pyjama.  I weighed her immediately after changing her diaper,
and she was 9 lbs 7 oz (a gain of almost 2.5 lbs since birth).  I nursed
her and immediately re-weighed her without changning clothes or diaper,
on the SAME scale, and she was 9 lbs 8 oz.  I theoricized that she must
have drunk near an ounce or so for a snack.  ;-)  Fine...

I walked around with her for a while, and she eventually wanted to nurse
again.  I kept the same clothes and same diaper as before, so as not to
substract any urine or whatever from the balance.  ;-)

Re-nursed, and then re-weighed...and she was 9 lbs 4 oz!!!  On the same
scale!  How does one figure that???

Fio
ressource person with Allaitement Québec
Maman to Sandrine, 32 mos, and Nyssa, 4 weeks almost.

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