Heather & Magda,

I don't think test weighing is running rampant in the USA.  I personally have
never used it, and my partner in our hospital-based breastfeeding support
program has only done it a few times.  Babies are weighed daily while in the
hospital.  That's a standard of care in the US.  And I do take a scale with me
on home visits.  If we are following a baby who is gaining poorly, we do
weights 1-2 times/week.

They do lots of things not right in our NICU (our neonatologists are
breastmilk friendly, but not breastfeeding friendly), but a nurse would NEVER
put down a NG/OG tube on a baby who just breastfed.  The baby can gag, vomit,
and perhaps aspirate the milk.  Assessment of audible swallowing, diaper
output, and daily weights should give the nurses and MDs the information they
need.

I'm interested in hearing what other US LCs are doing.

Kim

Kim Block RNC, MSN, IBCLC
Westfield, NJ, USA (suburb of New York City, where the temperature is supposed
to hit
                                                70 degrees F again today)
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