I have to jump in here from a personal angle.  I am the mother of 3 babies 9#3oz,
19#12oz, and 10#6oz.  Nursing was beautiful and wonderful right from the start
with all but one (a delee was used with him and that takes babies a while to get
over such an invasion of the mouth. )  Maybe the question that needs to be asked
is are these babies big because mom was taking such wonderful care of herself and
babe PN (on the Brewer diet etc.) or are they big babies who were eating hohos,
pizza, and root bear?  I think that those babies are very differant after birth.
Just my thoughts. Brandi Wood Midwifery Apprentice

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> Cathy says,
>
> << I always hated to see those 10#+ babies, because they seem to me to be
>  frequently more difficult to get to the breast in any case, and when they've
>  been circ'ed before good nsg established...Anyone else observe this, or know
>  of any studies?
>   >>
>
> I haven't noticed it with the circs, particularly, but I have noticed that
> really big babies tend to be somewhat sluggish and floppy.  Almost as though
> they don't have good muscle tone -- like they had no room in utero to move,
> and didn't do their isometrics or whatever.  And they are difficult to
> position and HEAVY for mom to hold.  You need a gazillion pillows.   And I
> don't think they feed well at all.  It'll be interesting to see what happens
> when I go back tomorrow.
>
> Jan
>
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