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Anne Clements <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:25:06 -0700
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I seem to have accidently deleted my orginally copy of  question about ped
telling mum to give formula supplements due to weight lose.can't remember if
this was in Australia or not.

My question is,why was she taking baby back to ped this early and why was
baby weighed 2 days in arow.Plus what was the end result with the baby's
weight.

The other thing to remember is that the hospital scales and the scales
outside in the real world will naturally weigh differently.

I was a gestational diabetic along with 2 of my sisters,we come from a
family with a history of Type2 diabetes.All our first babies small,babies
had when gestational diabetic were all extremely large,carrying a lot of
excess fluid on board when born so initial weights abit false. None of them
suffered from low blood sugars,all but one of the 5 babies were breastfed,no
supplements needed ,all had weight losses at first but by 2-4wks well over
birth weight and gaining continually.

I would forget going to ped,continue to breastfeed and take baby to Baby
health Clinic or to the Chemist for weekly weighs for a couple of months and
then extend out to monthly when it is evident that baby is healthy and
consistently gaining weight.

IMHO it seems that peds and sometimes baby clinics get a fixation on weight
gains and don't look at the total picture concerning feeding and baby.They
expect a breastfed baby to stack on huge amounts like formula fed babies and
more often the case is they don't.

Tne main concern with gestational diabetes  is with the mum not the
baby,unless premmie.Mum could become a true diabetic at a later date and if
there is a family history of diabetes should have a yearly glucose tolerance
test. As I discovered about 4yrs ago that I was a border line case after
having a GTT ,it seems that there is a 20% chance that a gestational
diabetic can become diabetic.This happened to my next door neighbour who had
her last baby before she could have her GTT after showing glucose in a
routine antenatal urine test.She had a large baby and breastfed with no
supplementing .Was diagnosised diabetic about 18mths later.


Anne Clements RN EM BNS
Brisbane QLD
Australia

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