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"Jan Barger RN, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:41:47 EST
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Heather writes:

<< Well, here's my thoughts....How reliable was the birthweight measurement?
 How reliable were the previous scales - 1.5 oz weight gain in week 2-3 is
 v. surprising in a baby where all the  other signs of effective feeding are
 present, and one might wonder if some mistake has occured (I have come
 across babies where caregivers have wrongly translated metric into imperial
 - plain ol'  human error. >>

My first thought was wrong birth weight too.  However, this mom had NO
interventions in labor -- no epidural, no extra IVs or Pit or anything.
(Smart mom).  I saw babe in hospital -- she LOOKED to be a 9-1 baby.  First
check at peds office at 10 days was 8-6.  Hmmm....  Back a week later, and up
to 8-7.5.  In to see me that same day -- on my scale 8-5.7.  (After a LARGE
void).  So even on different scales, we are still batting around the same
amount.  Even if the birth weight was off, the weight from one week to another
is accurate....

Anyone know how to increase fat CONTENT in milk?  Increasing fat intake in
mom's diet changes the fatty acid composition of the milk, but doesn't
increase fat necessarily unless she's already in starvation mode, and although
this mom is thin, she's not excessively so, and she eats far more than I do.
(No comments from the peanut gallery here....)

Jan

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