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We have a big Asian population from a wide
range of cultures and I've seen so many variations of the chicken and ginger
soup used by different Asian cultures that I have no hesitation in recommending
it to mothers with a willing mother/auntie in the background who will cook up a
batch. It is amazing how effective this is
at increasing milk supply
Alesa
Alesa Koziol
Clinical Midwifery Educator
Melbourne
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] weight
loss
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
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:04
AM
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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