Dear wise women
I have been following a client on early discharge
whose baby is losing weight. Now about 2 weeks old, I readmitted her on day 5 as
bub was lethargic, had not had a bowel movement and had lost weight. She
expressed, fed and topped up, bub 'woke up' and put on weight, started opening
bowels and generally improved all round, went home again fully breast feeding,
seems to have plenty of milk, plenty of wet nappies but again - no poo's, and on
last 2 visits had lost weight, 50g then another 40g. Has not regained birth
weight yet and does not seem satisfied despite frequent b/f. I will be
seeing her again tomorrow and am frankly puzzled by this scenario. She is on
medication herself for epilepsy (low dose Tegretol and another that I can't
remember) and has been taking Motilium to boost supply.
Any suggestions/comments?
TIA Sue
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing"
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