Hi Everyone

I am fairly new here and loving the posts chock full of opinions and
information.

I am a Lactation Consultant over two public hospitals and am still finding
it hard to prevent supplement feeds of formula to non-latching but healthy,
full term breastfeeding babies.  Some midwives just don't understand that if
we keep the newborn warm skin to skin and give small amounts of colostrum
every 2-3 hrs via cup or spoon feed that that's enough initially due to
their brown fat etc.  I would love to hear from any of you with any good
studies, research papers etc about the caloric/colostral needs of the
neonate.  These may be babies that aren't latching due to flat nipples or
dozy from pethidine during the labour or fentanyl epidurals.  I have never
had a term baby with a low blood sugar if they are kept warm and given
frequent small amounts of colostrum - like 0.3 mls and up.  They usually
then start to latch by 48 hrs - as long as they are not given formula that
confuses them.
Would love to hear your thoughts as I think I need to give a few more
in-services with some good publications as back up.

Kirstin
Sydney, Australia

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