I think I love this midwife! we could be "soulmates?" My Mum (a "Maternity Nurse" in the late 1930's) who caught lots and lots of babies in the S.w of W.a. told me that the "real" weight was after they had their first poo. I just think that this obsession with weight starts when babies are born. "what does it weigh?" comes after "What is it?" This obsession carries on throughout life and one is never the "right" weight . I definitely am not!. and I love myself anyway. MM ----- Original Message ----- 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
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