My sister gave birth early on Monday morning to a lovely little boy :), by emergency c-section, and they've been in the High Dependency Unit. The nurses there have been giving top-up feeds of formula via syringe, as 'breastfeeding doesn't seem to be going very well' (their words).
My sister was really keen to try BFing, but if the nurses are feeding by syringe then surely my DN won't feel the need to BF?
I've suggested to my sister to keep DN as close as possible, and to let him feed as often as he wants, but she's finding it difficult as she has to ask the nurses to lift DN to her.
Is there any encouragement or better advice that I could give her?
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HufftheHedgehog · 19/07/2011 21:26
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