> > >The digital aspect of the newer scales can also be misleading -- people >assume that since they are capable of reporting a weight to within 5 grams >(or even a gram), that they must be both accurate and precise within plus or >minus 5 grams, but I don't believe this is necessarily so. > Yes, this was in fact a digital scale Barb. :-) I take this to mean that we can't be sure of any weight, though I figure it ought to be precice enough to give a general ballpark figure. Nyssa was weighed (only once) at birth and came in at 7 lbs 1 oz (3200 g.)...although the student midwife wrote down 3700 g. (8 lbs 1 oz or so) as a mistake and for a week or so they were arguing over whether she had lost any birthweight or not (she didn't, though a weight of 3500 g. [7 lbs 9 oz or so] on day 5 would have been a loss had she weighed 3700 g. at birth). So, I think I can safely assume she has gained a bit over 2 pounds or so. :-) Somewhere in there... I know my own midwife who did the weighing did say 7 lbs 1 oz and wrote it down along with 3200 g. in her booklet...but other official papers filled in by her student said 3700 g. I specifically remember, even through my hazy afterpains state, listening and hearing 3200/7-1 from the midwife...and she was not near big enough to be an 8 lbs baby. Fio (with a new webpage up and photos of Nyssa: http://www.geocities.com/macbump/nyssa.htm ) *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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