So, DS2 was weighed yesterday and has lost 9.7%. This day three and is over the max 8% they like to see. We've been put on a 'care path' that involved a discussion of what breastfeeding should look like, what we should be seeing in tms of nappies etc, and booked in for an appt for Saturday (day six) where he will be weighed again. The max they are looking for then is a 10% loss.
DS is slightly jaundiced, although below the threshold for treatment and his ethnicity means he this was always more likely than for a Caucasian infant. The jaundice has definitely impacted on his feeding as he is very sleepy. When awake he is alert, but he goes to sleep very quickly after latching on and won't feed actively for more than about five minutes at a time.
His nappies are slightly behind what I would expect on day four - plenty of wet nappies, but poos are still a mid-brown. He's had three poos since about five this morning.
I'm doing everything I can think of - waking him frequently, skin to skin, doing breast compressions, and expressing what little I can get to supplement with a syringe. His latch is not great but improving. He's particularly poor at waking in the evening/at night to feed even though I can feel my hormones going crazy then.
I'm not worried about supply as I have a breastfeeding 2.4yo just about to come home from a stay at his grandparents to help.
I am very worried about getting enough milk into my little boy, to wake him up and try and avoid any more weight loss. I'd be incredibly grateful for any tips, and if anyone knows what the paeds are likely to want to do on Saturday if he has lost too much weight. I must own to feel very negatively about the possibility of supplementing with formula.
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DS lost 9.7% by day three - advice please, what will next step be if not improved by Sat?
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SpaghettiBologneighs · 07/03/2013 18:48
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