SOS hospital want to supplement

[TopazMortmain]

Background - emcs on Friday morning, no milk yet but lots of colostrum, baby feeding well, BUT not in the UK so maybe different 'rules'?

Am still in hospital and will be until Monday.

Baby has lost just over 10% weight already (by Sat morning) and hospital want to supplement as of tomorrow until my milk comes in or weight gain happens.

I want to ebf but don't want to endanger or harm my baby just because of a personal preference.

What do I do? Why should I ask? Should we supplement using a sringe and not a bottle? What happens if I refuse to supplement?

Help! This has thrown me for six...

Baby

Well done! :)

Great news, Topaz, but have to say, no surprise at all :)

That's how the thing works. Your hospital had no business worrying you in this way :(

Hurrah! Really glad to hear it - it did sound like the hospital was being over-cautious (and I remember having to hold my nerve with DD as she fed all the time but my milk took so long to come in - she was fine, I was a nervous wreck!).

Shame your hospital didn't give you more support. Suspect it's because they have so little experience of bf-ing mums that they don't understand it's perfectly normal for it to take a while.

Bloody well done you!