Something I came across today on the Health eLearning website seems related to our discussion of whether babies born with epidural took on excess fluid. "Though using a dextrose solution during labor, particularly in conjunction with oxytocic augmentation (oxytocin is a powerful anti-diuretic) is not 'best-practice', it still occurs today. This can result in hyponatremia in mother and baby and hypoglycemia in the baby. ** Hyponatremia in newborns is associated with convulsions, respiratory distress, feeding difficulties and excess water loss after birth.** (emphasis mine) Hypoglycemic infants are often separated from their mothers for observation, serial blood testing and treatment. These factors will all interfere with the initiation of breastfeeding and carry a high risk of early supplementation with formula - a factor found to be associated with decreased duration of breastfeeding." So these babies do pee more, but not necessarily because they have more fluid in their systems. -Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html