11 day old baby with reflux, admitted to hospital

[Cupcakes123]

Just that really. My poor 6lbs DS in a giant hospital cot.

We were admitted last night, he was very sick at home and got into a pickle with breathing as it came out of his nose, we went to A&E, they checked him out, he was sick again so admitted us. He had 2 small feeds and was fine. All stayed down. Nurse made him have more earlier on and he was just sick everywhere again.

I'm sat in our hospital room crying and feeling like the worlds worst mum, post birth hormones haven't left quite yet which isn't helping. Anyone got any reflux experience?

You poor thing.

You are not a bad mum. You obviously care about your baby to be this upset which makes you a brilliant mum. Is this your first?

The post pregnancy hormones are a bitch. They are definitely the worst thing about pregnancy/new baby stage. Just keep telling yourself that they will be gone soon.

Do you have rl support? Mum? A DP?

Although I don't have any experience with reflux, my DC1 was wrongly diagnosed with it for a few months as the symptoms were similar. The first time she projective vomited at one week old, was one of the scariest things is ever experienced. Just remember your baby is in the best place.

Are you ff? Have you spoken to the doctors yet? Hugs xxx

Friends Dd got diagnosis of reflux. Problems continued. Turns out there was a bowell blockage. Ask for an ultrasound to be sure if things don't clear up.

Thank you @walking that made me cry more! xxx

Yes my first (hellloooo PFB) the hormones are definitely making it far worse! He's snoring away on me at the moment and doesn't appear to be in any pain but I just feel awful. He is FF, I've had the midwife tell me one thing, health visitor another thing and now the nurse from last night telling me something completely different about how much he should have and when so now I don't know who to listen to now. Id rather feed little and often instead of lots and less often and him being sick.

My other half is on his way in now, he can hold baby so I can finally have a wee, I refuse to leave him on his own!

Hi Cupcakes, I just wanted to say that DS2 had Pyloric Stenosis when he was 5 weeks old-has that been mentioned by anyone?
It's quite common, and did involve a small OP, and all was fine afterwards.

I was still all hormonal at 5 weeks and know how you feel. They look so little in those hospital cots. x

Hello...sorry to hear you're going through the mill!
DS was a projectile puker & it was only when DD was dx years later with reflux that we realised that was probably what he'd had too.

They can give special gaviscon sachets to help. With DD it meant bf ended, as they told us they had to be mixed with the milk, but I know someone else with a new baby & now the advice seems to be a quick dose of gaviscon first, then bf or ff.

One other thing that might be worth checking is lactose intolerance?

You sound like a lovely mum, the early days are quite scary & overwhelming (well, that's how I felt!) but it does get easier.

All the best!

Thanks all, will mention to the doctor if he ever gets round to us

My other half is here now so I feel a bit less stressed

Hi Cupcakes, How are you now? Have they offered any more info?

Thinking of you! Xx

Definite reflux :(
No more sickness though so pleased about that. He's having gaviscon powder in each bottle and has been prescribed something beginning with r (I'm so tired I can't remember the name) that suppresses his acid so should make him more comfy.
Doctor is making us stay in tonight as well so they can keep an eye on him to make sure meds are ok. We have a private room and he's settling ok in the massive hospital bed (only slept in a Moses up til now!)
Pleased they are making him better and he's ok.
Have cried all day though, I know he's ok, I just feel so bad for my little sausage

That's good, well good that you have a diagnosis. Not the overnight stay bit though, but hopefully you may get out tomorrow and feel a little better all round.

My dd (pfb) was admitted to hospital for three days when she was 6 days old due to weight loss. I was utterly heartbroken.

Now she is 12 and I barely remember it. I hope you get home soon and continue building the happy memories.

Bless him, glad the docs are on the case. He won't remember it, & hopefully you'll be home soon & able to enjoy your time together. It's hard seeing them uncomfortable, but honestly it does get better. Please rest when you can & look after yourself, it's been a stressful experience & you need to be gentle with yourself.

Oh gosh.
I remember this!
My ds1 was admitted at 4 days old and had to be fed via NG tube due to undx IUGR :(
It's so, so upsetting. I do feel for you. One of the nurses told me that I would be scarred for life but Ds1 would not remember it and she was right, of course :)
Ds1 is a one a strapping 11 year old and is eating me out of house and home :)
Once you are home and your baby is gaining weight and responding to meds this will all be a bad memory and you can get on with making good ones x

Firstly, YOU ARE NOT A BAF MUM!!! Bad mums don't give a shit. You do. Therefore you're a brilliant mummy. That's my ticking off (not really IYSWIM) so no more if that talk my love.

Secondly, what PP said, get an ultrasound before you leave. Go all "dragonish" and demand one, just to ease your mind that nothing else is going on.

My dd had awful reflux and gave Regan and Captain Howdy a run for their money with her projectile vomits.

Turns out she's probably got EDS (still being investigated but that's a WHOLE other story).

Anyway she was put on long term Gaviscon and renatidine(spelling), I weaned her off the 'r' one and kept her on Gaviscon for a couple of years.

All I'd say is do whatever takes a longer time to feed. I stopped warming up bottles, keeping her upright for 30 minutes post feed. A swingy chair thing became my friend as did a Bumbo and a Jumperoo when she was older.

Tummy time wasn't happening and she spent a lot of her time asleep on me and we coslept.

I know I've given you a lot of info but I promise it really isn't that bad once you just get into the habit of works for you.

Be smily and soothing around your baby, less stress for all will help too (((((hugs))))).

X post. Desperately gots the "r" one!

thinking of all of you.

Thank you all so much for your messages, it's made me feel so much better

The medicines are kicking in so he seems to be feeling better. The biggest struggle at the moment is making him wait 3 hours for his next feed, he normally only goes 2 hours so gets a bit shouty for the half hour before the nice nurse brings a bottle in I want to take her home with me

The doctor came to see us on his way out, said that all looks well and provided the rest of his feeds go well tonight, we can go home tomorrow, yipppeeeee!

Have they ruled out intolerance to cows milk? This was the biggest cause of reflux in my two. I bf them but they reacted via my milk. When I tried ds on formula he threw up for ages afterwards. No cows milk made a huge difference.
Ask to try hydrolysed formula (the cows milk protein is broken down so baby less likely to react).

They have said milk is fine and it's ok to keep him on the same.

He's much better today, he's managed to adjust to bigger feeds every 3 hours so I got a whole 2&1/2 hours of sleep in one go and it was amazing!
Just waiting for a doctor now, fingers crossed he'll let us go home, I miss my bed but not my DP's snoring

Does anyone happen to know where you can buy infant gaviscon? And on a bank Holliday Monday, eeekk. Or could the dr prescribe it?

My dtd was admitted at 5 days old with reflux. She'd lost almost 1lb in weight.

I remember being VERY hormonal in a&e and the doctor seemed to be completely baffled at why I was so upset . I was 5 days post natal, had a c section and had had to leave dts at home!

Anyway, she was put on gaviscon powder which helped immediately and we never looked back . The hospital will prescribe the gaviscon and you get it on repeat prescription but your baby will have to be registered with you gp before you can get the meds. You can buy it over the counter though if you run into any problems though.

Fingers crossed they discharge you soon x

OK but I would challenge them on it! Because they're usually linked. And you might be OK with hydrolysed formula and no meds.

Fingers crossed it all works out for you.

After 10 days on SCBU and a whole 10 days at home we ended up back in hospital. Poor DD was still technically prem at that time.

It's horrible seeing them like that but it sounds like everything is going in the right direction now

@sugarplump - I was inconsolable. It was just horrible and he's so very tiny and everything in hospitals is so very big. When they said they needed to take his blood, that was just it. Floodgates officialy open.
Even my DP was like why are you crying now? And I literally had no idea, I just couldn't stop! Bloody hormones (secretly glad I'm not the only one though)

Good news, we're being discharged! Just waiting for the paperwork to be done. They are writing a repeat prescription for the gaviscon which we can grab on the way home. Off to register him with the doctor tomorrow so we should be fine to get it in future but good to know you can buy over the counter too

So pleased this little hospital visit is all over

That's great, hope you're all snuggled up at home by now .

I know what you mean about the bloods. I had to leave the cubicle . I was still crying the next morning. The doctor clearly thought I was mad [embarrassed].