Another reason to breastfeed: a little weight loss is a good thing

[Rachels]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2893055.stm

Wow.

-Rachel
Mama to Abigail Rose
5/18/02
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_amethyst_36m.gif
Nursed for three years!

and Ethan James
10/19/05
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"When you know better, you do better."
Maya

[Radosti]

Probably not a benefit for us since DS was formula fed at the hospital (due to rapid weight loss) and switched to nursing when my milk came in finally. Still nursing though.

[o_mom]

Well, DS1 should be set for life, then. He took 3 weeks to get back to birthweight! :-)

[COElizabeth]

Bummer. My (BF) babies gained like crazy the first few weeks.

Elizabeth, Mom to James, 9-20-02
and Charlotte, 11-04-04

[Rachels]

But then that was their genetic tendency. They weren't falsely gaining weight because you were feeding them a foreign substance.

-Rachel
Mama to Abigail Rose
5/18/02
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_amethyst_36m.gif
Nursed for three years!

and Ethan James
10/19/05
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/bf.jpg


"When you know better, you do better."
Maya

[funda62]

Wow, I wish I had had this article to hit the docs over the head with when my DD was born 6 months ago. She was small 5lbs 5oz and lost more than 10% so of course the FREAKED. I wasn't worried but they hounded me night and day. Made us stay in the hospital longer and would feed her bottles when they took her for a weigh even though I'd said not to. Thankfully she had prehaps 3 days with a bit of bottle before I got out of the hospital and learned to say, "yes" when the doctor asked if I was still supplementing (because they threatend to readmit us when she hadn't gained back her birth weight at 1 week.)

Now at 6 months she is still a tiny girl (12lbs and 23 inches) but growing and thriving and hitting all her developmental milestones and she is still EBF.