A mother who is 1 week postpartum says breastfeeding is going quite well
now, sore nipples are resolving, engorgement is pretty much in the past,
but when she wakes up in the morning her whole chest feels sore and heavy
from side to side, apparently including between the breasts, and she feels
she has trouble drawing her breath. It only gets better once she has both
nursed the baby and gotten up and walked around for an hour or so. She
seems just a little perturbed, and I think I've heard of something similar
but don't know what to tell her about whether this is something other
people do experience, whether it will resolve soon, etc. Does this ring a
bell?
--Elise
LLLL Ammonoosuc Valley, NH
IBCLC, RLC Cottage Hospital, NH
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While I'm here...
Weird (and infuriating!) incident at my hospital. A mother 2-3 weeks
postpartum broke a small bone and came in to the hospital to have it
surgically reset. I called her for routine follow-up a week afterwards,
not having a clue this had happened, and she told me that "a nurse" had
told her not to breastfeed while taking the Darvocet (propoxyphene) they
gave her. There's some question about just who told her what, but what
seems clear is that a question was raised about the appropriateness of
breastfeeding while on that medication, *and* no one notified the Birthing
Center that this was happening. (This is gonna change.) She had been
pumping all week. Here's the goofy bit: she had been feeding the baby that
pumped milk! Go figure. A darn good thing Darvocet *isn't* actually
dangerous to the baby (per AAP, Hale)... It certainly makes a good story
to explain why a breastfeeding mother needs actual counseling and
assistance from the Birthing Center staff, not an off-the-cuff
recommendation with no follow-through!
--Elise, who misses Lactnet...
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