Table 3.

Weight Loss-Associated Supplementation Approaches and Example Quotations

Approach	Example Quotations
1. Universal weight loss thresholds for supplementation across gestational ages	“Must have 10% weight loss AND hyperbili requiring treatment”
	“We will consider supplementation when weight loss is >10% or >95% on the NEWT curve. There is no automatic supplementation.”
2. Universal supplementation of late preterm infants (LPI) and a weight loss threshold for term newborns	“We recommend that all late preterm babies be triple fed; ie MOC breast feeds, pumps and supplements with her own expressed milk along with donor milk or formula if she does not have sufficient supply. We begin this plan on the first day unless mother feels strongly that she wants to exclusively breast feed.”
	“We typically recommend supplementation from birth for LPIs”
3. Different thresholds for supplementation by gestational age and mode of delivery.	“This is not consistent among provider(s) (some sooner than this) but all of us agree (or are supposed to agree) consider at 7% if preterm (<37 weeks), and 10% if >= 37 weeks), MUST at 10% in preterm and 12% in term.”
	“>10% for vaginal, >12% for section.”