Hopefully someone can help reassure a very stressed me - or at least provide some information.
I was rushed into hospital in the small hours yesterday suffering from a 'serious' infection probably related to my c-section wound from 4 weeks ago. Because I was so poorly that night I didn't feed or express and only managed to do a little poor quality expressing that morning in hospital.
I am still in hospital and being given every antibiotic known to man, plus morphine and other painkillers. I was throwing up before admission so was very dehydrated and despite being given lots of fluids as my BP is consistently very low I still feel 'dry'. I have been expressing but only getting about half what I would normally express and I'm really worried that this will have a permanent impact on my milk supply. I have always had supply issues but this time I've been getting a MUCH better quantity until now. I'm desperate to successfully bf my daughter so any advice on whether antibiotics /painkillers etc could be the cause of this decline would be welcome. Sorry if it's a silly question but I am really concerned.
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babynumber3eek · 15/05/2016 17:17
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