I am writing a paper about supplementation of the full-term healthy breastfeeding baby for my final MSN project. For those who work in hospitals, would you say that the main reasons you encounter for supplementation are: 1. maternal request 2. weight loss over 7% 3. hyperbilirubinemia 4. hypoglycemia 5. other? Would you say that maternal request is due to? 1. lack of information about normal newborn behavior 2. concern over sleepy infant not eating 3. concern over baby eating "too much" 4. cultural concern over having "no milk" 5. wanting to sleep and let someone else care for baby 6. encouragement by nurses to "help" mom through a rough patch 7. painful nipples 8. engorgement 9. separation due to mom going for tubal ligation or blood patch 10. family encouragement to feed baby bottles Please feel free to add to my list. What percentage of babies do you think leave your hospital without being supplemented? I would appreciate any help. Also, I need some good references written within the past five years regarding supplementation. I have a few from JHL. Thanks for sharing your experiences and expertise. Ann Calandro, RNC-MNN, IBCLC *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome