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About weight gain of premature baby
Hello doctors... I have 32weeks 5days premature baby. It's been 21 days for today. She is now 35 weeks. Is it possible to preemies gain weight 100g to 200g per day?
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Dr Faisal Zoheb
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Regarding weight gain per day roughly 15-20 gm /kg/ day
Do KMC continue breastfeeding
Vitd3 & multivitamin drops
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KMC helps in gaining weight
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10 to 20 gm
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Hi
Actually for every baby
Daily weight gain during first 3 months is
30g/day it is adequate
If the baby is well and taking feeds well no problem
Kindly add supplements like
Syp.MVT 0.5ml OD
Syp.Ossapan D 3ML TDS
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Per day baby can gain 10- 20gm per day
Not 100-200gm per day
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Not per week . Per month 300 -500 gms .
Continue breast feeding
Warm care
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Dr. Shraddha Sanjay Satav
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
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Wt gain of 10-15mg/kg/ day is enough wt gain
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We need to look for overall condition of the baby
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If baby is otherwise stable. May gain wt upto 100 gms
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