When we had the Upper GI done in the hospital, we only had to be NPO for about 3 hours. Which worked out fine. The nurses and I messed with his schedule the night before so that he got a feed in right before the cut off time for going NPO, they got him right in on schedule for the Upper GI, and I was able to nurse him almost right away after it was over.
Basically they just want him to be at a meal time for the study, so that he will take the bottle of barium.
We did the test because we needed to see how bad his reflux was and if he had any ulcers forming from it, we knew he had it, but they way he was going they were check to see how bad it was, and also to ensure there wasn't any type of blockage in the small bowel.
I posted a while back about my issues on here.
I swear this helped me alot to regain my supply after all this was said and done. I physically was pumping and/or nursing/pumping every 1 1/2 hours for about 7 days. Then I would start spreading the night sessions out, so I could get some sleep. I can now go most of the night, and get just as much as I was when I was pumping every 1 1/2 hours, if not more. I went from barely getting about 10 oz a day, to now I am getting 20-27 ounce a day (depending upon how vigilent I am in pumping).
Also, when he was nursing, I would be pumping the other breast, and switch sides when he was done with the first. I thought the doc who suggested this to me was nuts, even the LC at the hospital thought she was nuts (being he was 4 1/2 months at the time), because he was too active and long to do it. But I managed, and I am getting 1 1/2 - 2 oz out when I do this...
Basically they just want him to be at a meal time for the study, so that he will take the bottle of barium.
We did the test because we needed to see how bad his reflux was and if he had any ulcers forming from it, we knew he had it, but they way he was going they were check to see how bad it was, and also to ensure there wasn't any type of blockage in the small bowel.
I posted a while back about my issues on here.
I swear this helped me alot to regain my supply after all this was said and done. I physically was pumping and/or nursing/pumping every 1 1/2 hours for about 7 days. Then I would start spreading the night sessions out, so I could get some sleep. I can now go most of the night, and get just as much as I was when I was pumping every 1 1/2 hours, if not more. I went from barely getting about 10 oz a day, to now I am getting 20-27 ounce a day (depending upon how vigilent I am in pumping).
Also, when he was nursing, I would be pumping the other breast, and switch sides when he was done with the first. I thought the doc who suggested this to me was nuts, even the LC at the hospital thought she was nuts (being he was 4 1/2 months at the time), because he was too active and long to do it. But I managed, and I am getting 1 1/2 - 2 oz out when I do this...
