Just wanted to share what mothers are experiencing daily!
Yesterday, my son was due to have surgery at supposedly one of the best
Children's Hospitals out there. My son (a twin) is exlusively bf at 6 months.
He was supposed to arrive at 7 am. I was told her couldn't have bm after 2:30
am. From 2:30-6:30 he could have water, applejuice and pedialyte. Well, he
had never had applejuice, I didn't think it was a great to start him on that.
And, I knew he could have bm up until 3 hours before surgery. So, the last
time he nursed was almost 5 am. When I told them, of course it ended up in a
"We'll have to delay surgery" discussion. I explained that 3 hours is the
standard and that he'd had surgery there before after a 3 hour fast. I talked
to the anesthesiologist who was less than thrilled. But, she agreed, since it
had been over 4 hours till surgery time.(He went in at 9:20 am). They told me
he'd be getting a bottle of Pedialyte after surgery to be sure he could keep
it down and wouldn't throw up, choke, and so forth. I again told them he'd
never have a bottle and I don't want him to have anything else, that he would
nurse when he came out of surgery. I told everyone I passed the same thing. I
kept hearing that he will vomit...I told them that I would nurse him a little
at a time and he'd be fine. Well, after surgery he woke up rather abruptly
and was really disoriented. He couldn't nurse well and was fussy and crying.
They gave him 1/2 dose of morphine, he napped for 45 minutes. After that, he
woke up fine. He nursed and stayed latched for 1 1/2 hours while he slept
again. They gave me discharge instructions saying that if he vomited I should
stop, go back to water a small amount at a time for a while and wait. That
he'd probably be nauseous and his throat would be sore. HE may not want to
eat. WEll, he nurses and nursed and nursed. NEver threw up. Never got
nauseous. He woke up smiling at me this AM. He has been fine all day. Never
acted like he was having any discomfort at all. He's been amazing. The powers
of breastmilk. <grin>
Anyway, I'm going to write the hospital a letter in my spare time including
references on appropriate fasting times. I've collected some good
references, and some practices from other hospitals. Does anyone know of
anything else that would make a big impact?
Teresa In PA
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