...to think weighing newborns on day 3 undermines breastfeeding confidence?

[Nessalina]

My DD was born on Monday and weighed at home on day 3. She'd dropped from 7lb 3oz to 6lb 6oz, a 10.5% drop, which obviously triggered something for the midwife because she went into overdrive with how often we're feeding, wet & dry nappies etc. and I was told not to leave her more than 2hrs without a feed.
We're BFing, and my milk hadn't come in, so a drop was totally expected, and as her latch seems good and she was feeding/weeing/pooing often, I wasn't concerned, up until the midwifes visit that is. Day 3 also coincided with the baby blues hitting me, and I was quite weepy in the evening.
Anyway, my milk came in by the evening, and when she was reweighed on Day 5 she was back up to 7lb 1oz, so she's doing well, and I'm feeling good again.
I already BF my DS when he was born, so I guess I knew it was going to be fine, but I still felt super stressed and down by the whole process, not helped by sleep deprivation, swollen stitches, and very tender nipples.
So AIBU to think that weighing BF babies on day 3 is potentially damaging to mum's confidence in her ability to BF her child?
Is there a better way? Or was my midwife just lacking in empathy?

YABU. I BF DD for over 2 years and she had a significant drop at 3 days. You can’t get the hump about weighing and day 3 and then say “there’s no support for breastfeeding mums!”

To the poster who said bf babies are "starved" for 3 days until milk comes in... you do realise babies are getting colostrum? And that to introduce formula unnecessarily would be detrimental to milk supply of a breastfeeding mother?

Anyway back to the original OP, my son lost 9% and my milk had literally just come in... he had just woken from a nap and had had a wee and a poo just before he was weighed. I was told to top him up with expressed milk. I did this for 2 days and he gained a tiny amount. By this point he had really decided he loved being on the breast and was constantly feeding... I had no time to express. By the next weigh in my little piggy had gained a whole pound and continued to pack on a pound a week for ages the chunk!

I'll probably be slightly more relaxed with new baby when he arrives but always think a check on weight is worth it as long as common sense is user to, from both sides.