A mom was taken into hospital a week ago due to high blood pressure and
albumin in urine, she is 36 weeks pregnant. Baby was estimated to weight
1800 g (just under 4 lbs) now, and to be about three weeks behind in growth.
She will be kept in bed rest until the baby is born.

What kind of difficulties is she most likely to face with breastfeeding her
baby, and how could she prep herself for them? Or... how could I prepare
myself helping her if problems occur. The hospital is not babyfriendly, the
pediatric ward urges teaching babies to bottles before trying breast,
limiting bfeeding to 10 - 15 min at most since "babies get in that time all
what is available", etc.

I found a short chapter about pre-eclampsia in Lawrence, but not much else.
I also have Sandra Lang's book about special care babies, do you think she
might find it useful in preparing to potential problems, or do you think it
might just scare her (she is a nurse)?

Sanna-Mari, mom to Rasmus 99 & someone 5/02
a mom-to-mom support group leader
Finland, Scandinavia

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