Oh great, have I been messing up all this time?  Because I work only
with mothers of multiples, volume of fluid intake comes up frequently.
The moms are amazed to discover how much they are actually drinking vs
how much they think they are (most of the time, they believe they are
consuming twice as much as they are!). I routinely use the 3 oz of
bm/lb/baby to determine how much fluid the twins/triplets ingest each 24
hours (infants > 3 months).  To this I add 64 oz for mom herself.
Commonly, the "recommended" volume intake is >120 ounces.  Please let me
know if you know of any studies that have been done on this.
--

Denny Rice, RN, IBCLC
Dallas Texas USA

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