Not to be redundant, but I feel I should contribute by saying I totally agree with Winnie, as below. This is what the 4 of us ibclcs in my office do. <<I always tell a mom beforehand that the weights do not give us a full picture of what is happening over all the feedings in a day. It is more of a "snapshot" of that individual feed. [snip] In a situation where baby definitely needs to be fed and mom is working on her supply but is not obtaining as much as baby needs, test weights can give a "ballpark" idea of how much additional milk baby may need>> Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html