I had
a Chinese woman tell me about her chicken and ginger soup that she swears by for
abundant milk supply.(chicken soup can be pretty fatty). The Asians
have a reasonable level of fat in their diet, especially when feeding. I
mentioned dairy because we are told to stick to the low fat, especially
dairy. Sue said the baby is having good, wet nappies, I agree with the
supply line in preference to bottles, having used one myself for 4 months.
Maureen
Hi,
This is getting off the track in of the
story.. The role of diet is interesting. I wonder how the Chinese
manage - no walls of dairy cabinets in Chinese supermarkets.
Re the breastfeeding, it still sounds a bit like
not enough milk. I feel a 2 week old breastfed baby should be having
plenty of poos. and some weight gain - not loss. Lots of mums,
using disposables, have a tough time working our how much wee a baby is
having. How much milk was she able to express? Babies often seem
to take more by bottle than they would normally need. at 60mls 3 hrly, that
would seem to be more than 1/2 of his normal intake in formula.
The first rule is certainly *feed the baby*
But formula feeding such large amounts won't help build up her milk
supply. Is there a plan to increase that?
Barb
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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:04
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Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] weight
loss
He's getting enough fluid, so look at mum's diet. Is
she getting enough fat and protein? Even if overweight she should be having
full fat dairy. I wouldn't be worried about no poo, but
the weight loss is worrying. How often is he feeding and for how
long? Off hand I'd say he's not getting enough
fat.
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" Edmund
Burke
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