Hi to all,
Okay have you heard this or should I say can you top this one??
I was making rounds on my mothers this am. I walked into a room and a bottle of
ABM was on the baby bed. I said to the mother, I see you have some formula, are
you having problems with the breastfeeding? She said no, but my doctor said I
need to give formula until my milk comes in because" when you have a C. Section
it takes longer for the hormones to work". This mother had been breastfeeding
just fine and the baby was doing great. The baby had many voids and several
stools since birth. Yes, her milk was not in but the baby was only 37 hrs old.
So you get the picture, the mother or dad  were now giving this baby 1-2 oz of
formula every 3-4  hrs. I tried to  tell the parents the baby was doing fine and
really didn't need the formula, and the parents countered  with  but the doctor
said...
 I also explained to the parents it really didn't matter how the baby was
delivered; vaginal birth with forceps, breech, face presentation or by C.
section with classical incision etc., the milk would usually  come in about 48
hrs.later plus or minus a few hours.
So if a mother had a precip delivery in the hospital parking lot  would she have
milk by the time she was transported into the hospital?? <G>
Jan Aken Rn IBCLC