A followup from the online friend who knows the mum whose baby coded
from a nose (mouth?) bleed is below. Many thanks for those who helped
out.

Lara Hopkins


> I spoke to an ENT pediatric surgeon and he thought it might be a burst
> capillary on the tongue from sucking, but also said that nursing or
> bottle sucking would be similar and that she should go back to nursing
> because of the benefits of breastmilk.  But no MD we have found has
> been able to tell us what could have caused this - and then to have
> him stop breathing! The best guess is that the blood blocked his
> airway and that's why he stopped breathing, but no one knows for sure.
>
> I am seeing my friend this weekend and will get more details on the
> baby and her nursing situation now.  I know she is nursing him more
> and they are doing well - as far as I know, this was a one-time
> experience, and he is now almost a month old. [snip] I think her
> instinct is to BF but she has to play it out slowly with him to keep
> him from stressing out. [snip]

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