I guess my question would be why are you weighing babies on day 3? Unless your babies are not peeing, pooping, are lethargic, irritable, and not feeding, WHY? Our routine to weigh babies in Seattle was at birth and then on day 7. Now of course a baby with the symptoms mentioned above would be weighed, feeding would be assessed and if necessary baby would see a paed and/or lactation consultant. Theoretically, babies born to diabetic mums (both pre-gestational and gestational) can be hypervolemic at birth, appear puffy and bloated and then pee out the excess fluid resulting in an exagerrated weight loss. This can be exaccerbated by hypoglycemia following birth (after being cut off from mum's hyperglycemia and the resulting over production of insulin) resulting in a lethargic, irritable babie who wont feed. So, I don't know do you have a lot of diabetic mums?
. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irene Munro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Day 3 weight loss > I am finding an alarming amount of babies losing more > than 10% of their birth weight on day 3. Is anyone > else out there experiencing this and are there any > studies on this subject. This is particularly babies > of caucasian mothers. Can anyone shed light on this > for me? > Irene Munro > Alice Springs > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
