Pat says,
 

have a  SECA  that I am happy with, model #334 1321008.  Gives a good  
general idea.  Not sure if good to 2 g. but I don't tend to do before  and 
after feed measures. About $250 US.  Pat in SNJ 
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At the risk of being a total Philistine here, why do we have to have a  
scale that weighs to 2 grams to do ac/pc weights (unless we are in a NICU and  
doing these on preterm infants to whom 2 grams is an issue)?  
 
Does it really matter in doing ac/pc weights in our home offices or on a  
home visit if the baby took 26 ml or 29 ml at the breast?  How much  will 
that 3 ml change what we are going to recommend to the mom?  Or if the  baby 
took 92 ml vs 102 ml?  Again -- how is that going to change  things?  
 
If we expect a baby to take 76 ml or thereabouts (average amount per feed  
according to Kent, 2007), and he takes 25, then we have something to be  
concerned about.  
 
So -- why not use the SECA scale for ac/pc weights?
 
Inquiring minds want to know.

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation Education  Consultants





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