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
Hi
Susan,
This
is indeed puzzling. The babe needs a visit to the doctor to have medical reasons
excluded, if it hasn't already been done, including bag urine for culture etc.
However, the fact that the baby regained wt in hospital and then lost it again
at home does seem to point to a
The Tegretol could be of concern and the other
medications should be checked too.
I would also have an experienced person do another
baby check to exclude cardiac abnormalities. Cardiac babies can be fine in the
first few days, but then become lethargic etc as thier bodies cardiac
Hi Sue,
This particular lady had me stumped too! Good
luck and let me what the outcome.
Melissa
- Original Message -
From:
Susan
Cudlipp
To: midwifery list
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:44
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] weight loss
Dear wise women
I have
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 theweight loss is worrying.
How often is he feeding and for how long? Off hand I'd say he's not
getting
