Went this morning to get DD's hips checked as the paediatrician had noticed a 'click' on the newborn checks.
She has DDH on both hips, stage 3 on left and stage 2 on the right. So my beautiful, snuggly 4 week old is now in a Pavlik's harness 24hours a day for at least 12 weeks.
Practically- has anyone got any advice with breastfeeding positions? She's EBF and pretty much only feeds cross cradle. Also anything to watch for? I was going to fashion some little fabric strips to protect her skin from the Velcro.
Emotionally - any tips on how to cope? Her favourite thing was snuggling up in the fetal position having skin to skin. She loved baths and I was ridiculously excited about taking her swimming. She just looks so uncomfortable now. I know it needs to be done and could be so much worse but I just feel devastated for my girl.
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Pavlik's harness. Any tips?
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putputput · 08/12/2017 12:55
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11/12/2017 07:07
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