So on day 3 I was told my baby had lost too much of his birth weight. 12%. We narrowly avoided being admitted to hospital and we're put on a feeding plan which specified 3 1/2 hourly breast feeds with top ups of expressed breast milk or formula. Now, day 5, baby has put enough weight on so that weight loss is 8% but we're not off the hook, he'll be weighed again on day 7 because I didn't top up. I don't want to use formula (my daughter has cmpa, there is a higher chance he will too and I don't have alternative formula until I can see the GP) and frankly it was difficult enough feeding him from the breast let alone a bottle. Plus he cluster fed all the first night of our plan- hourly- so there was no way I could express or feed him more. Anyway, that's the background. I wondered if anyone had been admitted to hospital for this reason and what happens? I will continue to breast feed on demand but if he doesn't continue to increase 'we will be straight into hospital' midwife's words.
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newborn weight loss at 12%...anyone been admitted
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muddylettuce · 23/05/2015 13:05
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