have you weighed yourself pre & post feed?

**belfie** · March 30th, 2011, 08:09 PM

So just out of curiosity I weighed myself pre & post feed this morning - I hadn't drunk or eaten anything during the feed either, but there was a 500g difference!! Would she really take that much??? I guess she could.. she's 6mo and 97th percentile for weight, and feeds 4 times a day. But still, I was surprised!!

have you ever weighed yourself pre & post feed?

**Lily Dust** · March 30th, 2011, 08:52 PM

I havent, but WOW!!!!

Im past the days of big gulping feeds otherwise I'd do it tomorrow, might still try it. Will be interesting to see everyone elses answers!

**appletree** · March 30th, 2011, 08:54 PM

Yep, i have! On weigh in days when i was still BFing i would quite often do a pre weigh and then do a post weigh to try and get my number as low as possible.. cheating i know! I usually saw a difference of 200-300gs, but DS was having more frequent feeds than your DD, and feeding several times through the night so i am not surprised the number is a little smaller, sounds like your DD was having big feeds less frequently.

**MrsBexie** · March 30th, 2011, 08:56 PM

yup about 400-500gm difference!!

**~Minny~** · March 30th, 2011, 09:35 PM

Wow! wonder if it would still do that now given my DS is 15months old

**Laranna** · March 30th, 2011, 10:13 PM

Yep, about a 100-200g difference, DD is a frequent feeder so they've never filled up much more than that.

**MummaSue** · April 2nd, 2011, 07:35 AM

Yeah, I did that too one morning, and weighed 400g less.

**FabFiona** · April 2nd, 2011, 07:59 AM

Oh my that is fascinating.

**belfie** · April 2nd, 2011, 09:31 AM

Well here's a further interesting thought to add to that. On the morning I weighed 500g less (after an 11 minute feed), I then pumped the other side (she only takes one side per feed) and got 170ml in 15 minutes of pumping. How clever are our babies to be able to get all milk, and SO efficiently and quickly!!!