I saw a mother who had been badly injured in a traffic accident and had just got out of ICU after 7 days. She had a three week old exclusively baby who was in the car at the time but not injured. I saw her in the step down unit the morning she got out of ICU. She had not pumped at all since the accident. We used a cotton sling to support the baby who knew exactly what to do and there were many sounds of swallowing and lots of happy tears. Eileen
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:17:49 -0400
Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Lactnet Friends:
>
> A mother called me for advice. When she was 3 1/2 months postpartum, she
> was hospitalized and treated for a leaking brain aneurysm. She had been
> exclusively breastfeeding up until the headaches got so bad. She's lucky
> that the aneurysm leaked, instead of blowing!
>
> She was separated from her baby for 2.1/2 weeks. She started breastfeeding
> in the rehabilitation hospital. She has only some residual nerve deficit to
> her right eye; that probably won't get any better. Otherwise, she's off all
> the medications, and is doing physical therapy at home.
>
> Her question was about recovering breastfeeding. She had been doubting her
> supply because her breasts weren't "engorged" any more. Her baby is nursing
> plenty, peeing lots, pooping 2-3 times a day and gaining weight. What should
> she do?
>
> She'd looked on-line but hadn't found anyone with a story like hers. Plus,
> she's getting "that baby should be sleeping through the night" and "it was
> so good that our baby took a bottle" from her family and didn't know that
> breastfeeding was recommended by every health agency in the world.
>
> We discussed safe bed-sharing, to catch up on parenting and for unrestricted
> nursing to take care of her supply and about how the breasts go back to a
> relatively 'normal' size after a few months. I gave her referrals to local
> support groups so she can hear encouraging words to balance out her family.
> She is self-employed and had given herself 6 months free of work to enjoy
> her baby.
>
> Anybody else have a similar case? Anything else to recommend?
>
> warmly,
>
> --
> Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
> craniosacral therapy practitioner
> www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
>
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Eileen Ahearn Shea, BSc, IBCLC
Clinical Lecturer, Family Health Team
Department of Family Medicine
McMaster University Faculty of Medicine
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Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1.
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