Anyone having a big baby and told they'll have to top up with formula as a matter of course?

[hunkermunker]

Unicef say that's bollocks

"There is no evidence to label large babies as "at risk" in the absence of maternal diabetes."

Plus lots of other stuff about hypoglycaemia. Fascinating. Well, to me

yes I was told this (ignored them) and that they would need weaning early (ignored that too)

Hinker I hear it all the time... sigh............

I didn't realise they did say that? Passed me by completely. Just as well really as I like to worry! Hope you're ok Hunker!

NIHCMN, I think you might've changed your name I'm well, thank you - just replied to my first negative comment on the blog though (ulp).

CG, good for you!

Marsy - I bet you challenge it!

Thats lies Hunker - you can't prove it! Been meaning to check out blog again recently. Will pop over there now!

No, no one suggested that to me.

Hunker - bah. Ignore her. she doesn't know what she's on about!

Hunker - what blog - I have missed something vital I think!

DD is a big girl although I did not have GD. SHe was and still is EBF and is a bouncy 16m old, apart from night feeds being a bit more often than average I have not had a problem keeping up with her.

hunkers blog

~Weeellll.... I DID have GD and had a baby just a whisper off eleven pounds who was clearly macrosomic. My blood sugars were well controlled around the time of the birth and I wasn't told by my IM that I should top up unless my baby started to show symptoms of hypoglycemia (sp?), which he didn't, so I didn't. Her aim was to get us breastfeeding as well and as quickly as possible to stop problems before they started.

actually hunker - that has reminded me - rather than do you a garbled reply on there where I don't seem to be making any sense - could you have a bit about jaundice and breastfeeding? I came under a lot of pressure to introduce formula at that time - unnecessarily so herethis is good www.breastfeeding-basics.com/html/jaundice.shtml

ok so there are three links there here
this is good
the one i was too lazy to name

dsil was told that by the hospital mw as soon as her ds was born. She was knackered after an emergency c/s, had a 10lb baby and believed them