Tosser out of hours GP.....

[emskaboo]

Just told me to give my baby diorilyte and gave me strict instructions on giving my baby clear fluids, tell me that she can just be bf and I'm not going mad!!!

emskaboo - if you're not happy with the advice the doctor gave you about your baby, best thing is to ask the doctor again and explain why you are not happy. Your baby is so young - you have to be confident you understood right and are doing the right thing.

The doctor may have judged your baby needed fluid/dioralyte in addition to any breastfeeding the baby would manage.

Honestly, it's not something a talkboard can help you with :(

You can also check you have understood right - 750 mls of fluid sounds a huge amount for an 18 week old baby....this cannot be correct, unless he is meaning aim for this inc bf over a whole day.

I would call back and ask again or even try getting in touch with a different doctor. If that doctor also tells you you need to give extra fluids then you really do - my daughter was much older than your baby when she ended up nearly unconscious with dehydration in the space of just a few hours. Not saying that to scare you just that in this case I think that you need to take medical advice that's given - if you can't get her to take water and she needs it then the doctor ( if he really is that concerned) will probably tell you to take her to hospital.

my son had bad winter vomiting bug at 11 weeks. My HV and GP told me just to breastfeed but he ended up on a drip> hospital told me i should have been told to syringe dioralyte as well as demand feed. I wish i had known as it would have avoided an overnight stay and a painful drip>
Get the syringe ... it can only help

How is your baby today?

Is she any better OP?

I was told that breast milk counts as a 'clear liquid'

Hi, sorry not to get back sooner. I ended up calling the out of hours service and demanding asking for a home visit. They had originally refused a home visit and told us to bring her to the drop in on the other side of town but as my DH, me and my 3 year old DS were all vomiting too it really wasn't possible.

The GP who attended was brilliant, super lovely about walking in to a entire house of people being sick. DD wasn't dehydrated, just had cold hands and feet and a cold on top of the bug which was causing the funny breathing; it was the answers to these questions which led to NHS direct and the first GP assuming dehydration combined with the drier nappies; massive relief. I was told bf did count as a clear fluid and that as long as she continued to feed well not to worry about anything else.

Sorry for being so sharp, I was borderline hysterical and the first GP was soo dismissive.