Had accident in car - supply dried up!

[ilovemydog]

Got hit by massive articulated truck this aftrenoon with kids in back . The truck hit DS (7 months) side. Ambulance called and he's fine . Oh, and the accident was absolutely not my fault (have an independent witness...)

But my supply seems to be gone....

DS is feeding and is distressed.

Please help.

Oh my goodness how frightening

Can you get help this afternoon and evening - I'm thinking a friend or relative - with older DC/s so that you and DS can go to bed to have lots of snuggly skin to skin?

Hope that someone with more practical experience will be along to help you.

He will probably settle down dont think your supply will have gone. If poss just keep trying to feed him glad your all ok

Oh, what a horrible thing.

Your supply has not gone, but it would be normal for your let down to be affected by the severe shock (it's a biochemical thing). Lots of snuggly skin to skin, calm, patient, loving, gentle togetherness will fix it...worst case I have ever heard of lasted 24 hours but mostly things get back to normal quicker than that.

ds is probably a bit frantic too must have had a bad shock too. when ds put his fingers in dad's coffee he was fine but all he wanted was feed feed feed

I have had a very stressful time with my house over the last month - won't go into detail, but we had to move out there and then as house has become structurally unstable. The result of the stress was that my supply was severely affected [so much so that my friend had to rush out to boots and buy a pre-sterlised bottle and a carton of milk when we were out] and sadly I have had to give up breastfeeding. I really hope the same is not true for you, but thought I would add in my experience.

I saw my GP this afternoon and he gave me pills that he said might help stimulate things.

He also said that having high calories could help. A tub of Ben and Jerry's?

If you pick the flavour you like most but would not normally buy for yourself it may help you chill out a bit which will no doubt help.

Not sure how the calories will help though

As suggested it must be the shock that has ceased your letdown temporarily. I have had my letdown disappear being ill & when I get my period but usually have a back supply of frozen EBM for the odd feed. Other things to try for relaxation as much as anything would be a feed in bath, warm hotpacks above breasts before trying to feed, someone giving you a gentle massage around the neck & shoulder area. Also try expressing to stimulate the letdown. You may find your supply dips a bit too in the next day or two so expressing 2 or 3 times a day around feeds could help.

{{{hugs}}} ILMD. you poor thing. I hope the DCs are ok and that your supply gets back to normal quickly. Perhaps taking DS into the bath with you and feeding him there might help you relax?

(I had an argument with an artic lorry a good few years ago now...tis a scary thing; empathetic thoughts with you this evening)

Not sure that it's back fully, but DS wanted to feed all evening. Suppose this is a good sign? And he has stopped kicking during a feed...

But what wankers - hate truck drivers (other than Eddie Stobart, obviously!) The manager of the depot arrived at the scene, and instead of asking how me and the babies were, he started taking pictures of his truck?

Obviously it has to go through the insurance company, but as the claim process can take ages, and the police and paramedics said to replace car seats, I called up truck company and they said they didn't think they should have to replace the car seats as there wasn't any glass broken? Never mind the impact of a truck against my 7 month old and the fact that there was an independent witness, and he's army, so reliable and good in a crisis.

Insurance companies normally say to go out and replace with new seats asap.
Glad you and your dcs are ok - I hate truck drivers too (sorry for sweeping generalisation, but my uncle was killed when a German lorry driver fell asleep at the wheel and ran into Uncle's car and car in front of him - crushed car and wanker trucker didn't even realise.)

Glad he is feeding a bit better ILMD. How are you? no signs of whiplash or anything like that I hope?

The car seats absolutely have to be replaced...truck company is talking shite.

Are you asking them to replace them for you ahead of the insurance claim being processed?

This might help.

Yup - whiplash and DD is having nightmares . Waking up in the middle of the night screaming DS's name (as he screamed on impact)

Thanks for link - my insurance company said to replace both and to just keep receipts. Thing is, to get 2 car seats is quite expensive, and insurance claims take ages to settle, so was hoping for a bit of understanding from truck company...

Oh, and get this. I asked the police to exchange details with driver on my behalf as I didn't want to speak to truck driver. Unfortunately, they wrote down the name of the company and not the driver's name, and now the company 'cannot confirm' the name of the driver. Am speaking to the officer on Monday about it, but what unethical people....

My supply still isn't 100%, but is getting there I hope!

that's shocking. They will ahev to confirm the name of the driver for their insurance purposes, so they can only get away with it so long.

Sorry about the whiplash; I had it earlier this year and was in agony. Frozen peas coupled with co-codamol and ibuprofen gel helped (mine was the result of not dodging a flying object rather than a car accident, but the results were the same)

And poor DD . hopefully this is her way of dealing with it and she will come to terms with it soon.

I hope you get things sorted out