For starters: 1. I'm of the opinion that 10 days or 2 weeks is too long for
a baby to regain to birth weight. I wasn't in a position to study this when
I got my MSN in 1994, but while working on my MSN I did home vss for a
hospital that did 24 hour discharges with a home vss on day 2 and 4.
Invariably I saw babies who were nursing OK on day 2 to be back to birth
weight by day 4. If they weren't back to birth weight by day 4, I
considered baby at risk and could get another vss. If they weren't back to
birth weight by day 4, it was usually a problem in baby or mom.
2. A baby at 10 days, below birth weight, not having adequate stool, would
have all my red flags waving. Something is wrong with production (mom) or
transfer (baby). Pat in SNJ
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