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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