The vast majority of mom/babies we see on an outpatient basis only have one visit. Most will also have at least one follow-up phone call to assess progress. In the past year I think we have only had a handful that had repeated visits and we see an average of 2-3 per week (in addition to seeing inpatients and handling phone calls and support group). If it is just a matter of a follow-up weight, these are often done in the support group. We discourage moms from using the group for individual problems other than a quick question or a "does this latch look OK?", but there is a scale there and most of the moms like to check the weight each time they come. We don't make a big deal of it. Moms are taught to do it themselves and other than showing her how the first time, they do this individually. I wish this meant that we have a near-perfect success rate, but unfortunately, in some of the situations, mom decides to give up rather than to follow-up. Since we get very good insurance coverage, it isn't because of cost. Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html