I did some searching on this very question last year and did not find
anything in the way of definitive research. Very careful combing
thru Lawrence & Lawrence and Riordan & Auerbach turned up nothing.
Here is what I did find.
_The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers_, Jack Newman and Theresa
Pitman, c. 2000, pg 79-80:
"What about brick-colored urine in the first few days? The
appearance of red urine in the first few days is enough to convince
some nurses and doctors that 'The baby is dehydrated!' In truth,
nobody really knows what it means. Textbooks written at the
beginning of the century [I believe they mean the 20th century!],
when supplements were only rarely given to breastfed babies, say that
it is normal for newborns to have red urine. I don't think it is,
though, because most of these babies were not fed as they should have
been. There was a 6-hour separation between mother and baby after
the birth at that time, and babies were fed by the clock only every 4
hours and only 5 minutes on each side on the first day, 10 minutes
the second day, and so on. Later, supplementation of newborns during
the first few days became routine, and red urine was seen as
abnormal, so if a mother dared to insist that her baby not be
supplemented, she would be shown the evidence of her baby's need for
the supplement in the red-stained diaper."
Previous Lactnet posts on the topic --
A fairly long explanation:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9609A&L=lactnet&P=R6277&I=-3
Normal thru day 4:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0302D&L=lactnet&P=R3652&I=-3
DNA waste, normal in first 3 days:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0302D&L=lactnet&P=R3951&I=-3
Sign of dehydration:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0302D&L=lactnet&P=R2395&I=-3
Hope this saves you a few steps! Please share with Lactnet any
further info that you find.
Warmly,
Margaret
LLLL
Longmont, CO
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