ugh.... My sil just had a baby, yes thankfully she is breastfeeding, but I really worry it won't be for long. I tried to give her tips in the hospital, because we have really really terrible nurses, but I felt like she was really ignoring me. When I called up there to ask how feeding was going they said she was eating every 3 hrs because that is what the nursery nurses said, when I asked her again she said that she was "letting" her eat earlier if she acted hungry. I know it is hard when you are exhausted and not getting any sleep.
Well, the baby was 36 1/2 weeks, she had been trying to go in labor for a month, they took her off of procardia last week. So, anyway they keep the baby an extra day, baby had no real problems, but was jaundiced and was sent home with a bili light. 2 days later they have to go back up because her levels are at 20.
Well, by the time I made it up there, I went to borrow a good pump for her because they have already told her she would have to pump(the hospital only has crappy hand pumps- but tons of premade formula). I get there and they have told her she cannot nurse for at least 24 hrs, because it might be her breastmilk and just in case and the formula gets it out better, urghhhh. I am just fuming and trying to keep my cool as the big issue is the baby. My aunt(who is a nurse at this hospital post-partum) also tells her that breastfed babies get jaundiced more- I'm thinking probably because the idiot nurses tell them to only feed every 3 hrs- also the nursery nurses took her even though they told them that she was rooting around and ready to eat....
So, my precious niece got formula for about 12 hrs. Thankfully her ped came in and said it was not the breastmilk. Of course my family is saying it was good they needed to know exactly how much she was getting anyway... so why not pump and feed her that! And brother goes on about how the formula is better for that.... Breastmilk processes in half the time and they poop twice as much...urgh
Well, she seems fairly determined to breastfeed, I wonder how it will go with her pumping and working and especially since she seems to have this idea of how often she should eat. I mentioned co-sleeping because the baby has her days and nights confused and they are not getting any sleep, she brought up the obligatory well we have to do what's right for us and our family.
This is soooo frustrating I am doing all I can to keep this going, I know this isn't my personal responsibility if my niece is breastfed, but I feel like it is and just the sight of formula makes me ill. How do you not take it personal? I try to give them info, but I have no credibility when the dr.'s and nurses are saying otherwise- afterall I don't have a degree on my wall...
urgggh, So any encouragement? How do keep doing it when people keep blowing you off?
amanda
Well, the baby was 36 1/2 weeks, she had been trying to go in labor for a month, they took her off of procardia last week. So, anyway they keep the baby an extra day, baby had no real problems, but was jaundiced and was sent home with a bili light. 2 days later they have to go back up because her levels are at 20.
Well, by the time I made it up there, I went to borrow a good pump for her because they have already told her she would have to pump(the hospital only has crappy hand pumps- but tons of premade formula). I get there and they have told her she cannot nurse for at least 24 hrs, because it might be her breastmilk and just in case and the formula gets it out better, urghhhh. I am just fuming and trying to keep my cool as the big issue is the baby. My aunt(who is a nurse at this hospital post-partum) also tells her that breastfed babies get jaundiced more- I'm thinking probably because the idiot nurses tell them to only feed every 3 hrs- also the nursery nurses took her even though they told them that she was rooting around and ready to eat....
So, my precious niece got formula for about 12 hrs. Thankfully her ped came in and said it was not the breastmilk. Of course my family is saying it was good they needed to know exactly how much she was getting anyway... so why not pump and feed her that! And brother goes on about how the formula is better for that.... Breastmilk processes in half the time and they poop twice as much...urgh
Well, she seems fairly determined to breastfeed, I wonder how it will go with her pumping and working and especially since she seems to have this idea of how often she should eat. I mentioned co-sleeping because the baby has her days and nights confused and they are not getting any sleep, she brought up the obligatory well we have to do what's right for us and our family.
This is soooo frustrating I am doing all I can to keep this going, I know this isn't my personal responsibility if my niece is breastfed, but I feel like it is and just the sight of formula makes me ill. How do you not take it personal? I try to give them info, but I have no credibility when the dr.'s and nurses are saying otherwise- afterall I don't have a degree on my wall...
urgggh, So any encouragement? How do keep doing it when people keep blowing you off?
amanda
mama. sending successful bf vibes to your sil. I hope that she sticks it out.
