Concerns regarding pediatricians certificate of neonatal wellbeing for puerperal sterilization.

In a recent article [1], the authors describe the process of issuing ‘well baby certificates’ to 1668 babies whose mothers opted for puerperal sterilization within a week of delivery. It is mentioned that 210 of these babies weighed less than 2.5 kg, out of which 17 weighed less than 2 kg (16 small for gestational age and one preterm). We have some concerns regarding the observations of the authors.