Undermining the Breastfeeding Relationship
Sunday --So, Ethan came into the world at 8lb 9oz, no small chunk of change.
Tuesday--His discharge weight (2 days old) was 7lb 15oz. I think he dropped a lot then because of water weight - I was getting IV fluids for 6 hours before he was born. He also loaded up no less than 3 diapers with meconium poops before we left the hospital. Anyway, this ( Read more... )
Tuesday--His discharge weight (2 days old) was 7lb 15oz. I think he dropped a lot then because of water weight - I was getting IV fluids for 6 hours before he was born. He also loaded up no less than 3 diapers with meconium poops before we left the hospital. Anyway, this ( Read more... )
(well there are, but they are rude ones)
I wish I could shake some sense into those idiots at your hospital, THANK GOD you are so educated, because those nurses are MORONS
argghhhhh!
Basil went from 7'11 to 7lbs even and there was no sign of my milk after 3 days but my hospital (which were idiots about the birth) were much wiser about nursing. I must have asked a thousand times for formula because I was convinced he was getting starved and dehydrated, but they just said "keep trying" and "he's getting something" and released us with zero followup. I think they released us too soon for a first time mother with insane post partum bleeding and no breastmilk to speak of, and obvious anxiety issues, and a baby losing so much weight, but they were right that he didn't need formula at least and that I just needed to keep trying with the nursing. I am so inawe that you were so strong and knowledgeable, and doing all this with the awful sleep deprivation too. Anyway, YOU ARE AMAZING just ignore those nurses, sheeesh.
Also, we bought a baby scale for home for < $20 on ebay VERY worth it
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