DD2 (our fourth would-be BF child) was born first thing Saturday morning (12:47 am) in a bottle-friendly US hospital. She was taken from me shortly after her birth and whisked off to a nursery. I had to beg and plead with the unsympathetic nurses to bring her back to me at 4:30 in the morning. They were adamant that she needed to be 'warmed' in the nursery but my hysterical tears eventually made them bring her round. Turns out she had had a bottle of formula whilst in their care because we had not specifically asked for her not to have one.
To make a long story short: The same process was repeated on night 2 with Charlotte being taken at midnight depite my protests to be "weighed and for some observation". She was not returned until after some routine blood work at 2:45. I was not a happy camper. Am still really stressed.
I have no milk yet and I resorted to giving her a bottle of formula last night (a first ever for this mummy) as she was NOT going to feed no matter what I tried.
Is all lost?