Hi All,
I was hoping to get some advice.
My sister a little girl 7 days ago. She was a week and a half over due, went into to labour naturally but ended up having a section. The baby was 6lbs 15oz.
She wasn't too interested in feeding in the first 24/48hrs and, after tests revealed her blood sugar was quite low, she was taken to neo-natal and fitted with a feeding tube, where she still is today.
She is on 80ml of formula (my sister couldn't breastfeed) every 3 hours and takes about 30-70ml of this depending on the time of day (she feeds more at night). She now weights 7lbs 1oz.
My sister has been told the baby will not be allowed out until she is able to take a full bottle without being topped up by the tube. But the nurses frequently feed her by tube without even trying the bottle because they don't want to wake her up.
She does appear to be a very sleepy baby and can fall asleep when being fed. She has never woken up looking for food, but she's also not had the chance to, ie tube feeding while asleep.
My mum has advised my sister was EXACTLY the same as a baby.
We are getting very frustrated, being provided no clear indication when the baby will be able to leave and, regardless of the requests we make (ie feeding on demand), are not being listened to by anyone in the hospital, meaning my sister feels completely ignored as a mother.
Is anyone able to offer some advice or peace of mind?
I personally feel the nurses are interfering too much and trying too hard to force my niece to fit in with 'normal' feeding habits. But I might be wrong!
Many thanks in advance.
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Sarebee21 · 07/06/2015 17:16
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