The only time that I had any of my 5 babies weighed on day 3 was when the midwife..a wonderful woman...failed to get around to it until then ! She didn't bother to weigh her immediately after the birth as 'she looked to be a good weight' and then only bothered on day 3 as I insisted that I needed to give all interested parties a better answer than 'she's a good weight' My midwife stated that whatever weight she was at day 3 would almost be the lowest that she would ever be as it was common knowledge to her that nearly all babies lost weight during the first couple of days. When I quizzed her about this she replied 'sure Melanie , use your common sense , the wee things are all knackered and sleepy after their journeys and are having a bit of rest and giving you time to recover before getting down to the serious business of feeding and growing"...it seemed like a good answer at the time! Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Day 3 weight loss
> How would I know? I never weigh babies at day 3. In a well population, > even if not feeding too well on the first few days they usually pick up. > One can tell by looking at them if they are not doing well. Weigh on day 10 > is a good measure and even then I don't worry tooo much. Most of the time I > believe that scales are a superfluous piece of equipment. MM > > -- > 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.
