Pamela answered my post about the effect of various types of fluids on the development of postpartum edema with a question, and my answer follows: ><I do not even know what a colloidal, >nor a crystalloid liquid is!> > >To be truthful, neither did I without doing some reading in a medical >dictionary. I should have put a note in about that. > >Things like clear IV fluids, like 5% dextrose, Ringer's lactate, etc. are >crystalloid liquids. I guess because if all the water were taken out, the >sugars would crystallize. Colloid liquids would be like blood, albumin, >stuff with protein in it, I guess.> My teensy smidgen of knowledge is a dangerous thing. It obscures the point I was trying to make, because no one else has commented! Nutritionists! Does anyone have any idea whether eating a high protein diet the day before an induction might somehow raise the serum protein in a pregnant woman's blood during the next 24 hours and have a positive effect on her colloid osmotic pressure when she gets that 2-liter of Ringers the next day? Jean ******** K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, Ohio USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html