I attended Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC's lively session at the July 2000 ILCA Conference on "Supplementation: Medical and Legal Issues." I scribbled a note in my margin that "a newborn's physiologic stomach capacity is approx. 7 cc's." Marsha also said that "a baby's *anatomical* capacity may be greater, but we don't want baby to eat Thanksgiving Dinner at every meal" [meaning we don't want baby to gorge to excess with each feeding -- as Americans love to do at their annual Thanksgiving Day dinners]. Sadly, I did not jot down a reference for the 7 cc -- which Marsha no doubt supplied at the time. Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC Wyndmoor, PA, USA _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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