Sorry for my English.
I have a friend who just had a baby, two weeks ago. I convinced her not to go to the doctors for prenatal care and delivery. I recommended midwife care, as more natural way of delivery and more help with breastfeeding. Now I feel terrible
My midwife was on vacation so my friend ended up with some other midwife from the same clinic, very new, she just finished her studies. Already on prenatal visits my friend was not so pleased with the midwife, she had many questions and the midwife couldn't answer some of them. At the time of labor it was very bad, the midwife couldn't help my friend, luckily the second midwife came right before the delivery and helped pull the baby out . But they allowed the nursing only after couple of hours, my friend was very disappointed as a result.
Baby was born small – 8 pounds. At day 10 she didn't gain her birth weight, she was 2 onces smaller than at birth. Sometimes she nurses good for 40 minutes , sometimes for 5 minutes. Usually she nurses very strong for 5 minutes then falling asleep.
But stays at a breast and doesn't want to leave a nipple. She poops every time she eats and has like 6 wet diapers a day. The midwife says something wrong and gave following recommendations:
1. Take herbs to increase milk supply. My friend says she already has more then enough milk, her breast are very full. Her breasts are leaking a lot at night.
2.Undress the baby , take very cold (from the refrigerator) towel and wrap a baby in so the baby won't fall asleep at the breast. Baby should not be in skin contact with the mother so she won't be “too cozy” while eating.
3.Do not feed a baby very often , wait while a baby is very hungry, maybe crying for a few minutes, only then give her a breast.
4. After baby finished a breast, give her FORMULA with finger. My friend said that she can express her milk, but midwife insists on formula saying “it is too much trouble for you and maybe you even don't have enough milk to express.” My friend says that while the baby on one breast , the second breast almost bursting from milk. But the midwife doesn't want to hear, she just don't believe it.
As a result my friend doesn't want even go to this midwife anymore, she is very depressed, she feels as the midwife doesn't believe her when she said that she has more than enough milk, that the baby doesn't always sleepy, that the baby is strong, with a strong voice. My friend has older child, so she has experience with breastfeeding and with babies.
I read a lot about breastfeeding and lactation and I find these recommendations VERY strange. Or the midwife is rigth?
I am thinking go to the midwife clinic and write complain about her. What would you do?
I have a friend who just had a baby, two weeks ago. I convinced her not to go to the doctors for prenatal care and delivery. I recommended midwife care, as more natural way of delivery and more help with breastfeeding. Now I feel terrible
My midwife was on vacation so my friend ended up with some other midwife from the same clinic, very new, she just finished her studies. Already on prenatal visits my friend was not so pleased with the midwife, she had many questions and the midwife couldn't answer some of them. At the time of labor it was very bad, the midwife couldn't help my friend, luckily the second midwife came right before the delivery and helped pull the baby out . But they allowed the nursing only after couple of hours, my friend was very disappointed as a result.Baby was born small – 8 pounds. At day 10 she didn't gain her birth weight, she was 2 onces smaller than at birth. Sometimes she nurses good for 40 minutes , sometimes for 5 minutes. Usually she nurses very strong for 5 minutes then falling asleep.
But stays at a breast and doesn't want to leave a nipple. She poops every time she eats and has like 6 wet diapers a day. The midwife says something wrong and gave following recommendations:
1. Take herbs to increase milk supply. My friend says she already has more then enough milk, her breast are very full. Her breasts are leaking a lot at night.
2.Undress the baby , take very cold (from the refrigerator) towel and wrap a baby in so the baby won't fall asleep at the breast. Baby should not be in skin contact with the mother so she won't be “too cozy” while eating.
3.Do not feed a baby very often , wait while a baby is very hungry, maybe crying for a few minutes, only then give her a breast.
4. After baby finished a breast, give her FORMULA with finger. My friend said that she can express her milk, but midwife insists on formula saying “it is too much trouble for you and maybe you even don't have enough milk to express.” My friend says that while the baby on one breast , the second breast almost bursting from milk. But the midwife doesn't want to hear, she just don't believe it.
As a result my friend doesn't want even go to this midwife anymore, she is very depressed, she feels as the midwife doesn't believe her when she said that she has more than enough milk, that the baby doesn't always sleepy, that the baby is strong, with a strong voice. My friend has older child, so she has experience with breastfeeding and with babies.
I read a lot about breastfeeding and lactation and I find these recommendations VERY strange. Or the midwife is rigth?
I am thinking go to the midwife clinic and write complain about her. What would you do?
