My dd was readmitted to hospital at 5 days old as had lost high % of birth weight. DH had to go home with our 3 other dc so I was facing it on my own. Obviously feeling guilty that I had not provided her with sufficient nourishment (milk clearly not come in properly). Plus not nice watching doctors put feeding tubes and cannulas in etc but I was pretty much holding it together. This was until I met a rather brusque nurse on neotates who kept making comments like.
"breastfeeding is supposed to be the best but"
"All these tiny babies who are ill. They didn't ask to be born early and than you have big etc etc."(clearly referring to my full term baby)
I also asked for breast pump and she kept putting me off. Didn't get access to one until shift change.
All the other staff were great and dd now home and gradually gaining weight.
Should I just put this down to experience and let it go.
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oxford1972 · 29/09/2012 15:25
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