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Date: | Wed, 5 May 1999 20:38:07 EDT |
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When a Doctor orders anything--medication, tests, treatments, &
supplementation, we as the consumer have the option to refuse it. I'm also a
nurse int an OB unit & we often have patients refuse a drug or even a
treatment.
In response to a health newborn who is nursing well, the norm is usually no
concern until 10% weight loss. If mother is well read she can ask the doctor
what the concern is & why the supplementation. Also I often encourage mom to
go back 7 nurse each side again so the baby will be too full to take any
supplement.
It seems all babies lose some weight after delivery. Maybe there is a
physiological reason this occurs & in health newborns we should let nature do
its thing.
Debbie Moses, RN, IBCLC
Louisville, Ky [log in to unmask]
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