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Date: | Wed, 6 May 1998 18:41:14 -0400 |
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Thanks to those who wrote.
I just spoke to mom. Baby has had many wet diapers (very pale yellow to
nearly clear) and several copious bms! Baby has nursed well, swallowing,
unfolding and relaxing during feeding, milk visible, mother's breasts
softening as feed goes on. Mother's nipples do not hurt during feeding and
are almost
completely healed. Together with the intake indicators above and the way
she described the baby's relaxation and sleep pattern after feeding, I
think they are on the right track.
Mom is feeling much better about the situation, too. She is willing to be
seen
in person although she would like to see me after she sees the MD for the
wt. check tomorrow. She was nursing the baby when we were talking. As soon
as she finishes, she plans to weigh the baby on a scale she got from a
friend Sunday. (She weighed him on it when they first came home from
the hospital and it jibed with his discharge weight. It is not a super
sensitive one, though.) If he isn't gaining from yesterday's visit at the
MDs, we agreed that I would see her tonight. I have a full schedule early
tomorrow and am going out of town tomorrow late afternoon.
I suggested that she talk with and perhaps see a hospital LC while
I am out of town. I wanted to open the way for another breastfeeding
contact. Turns out, she had been given the LC's card while in the hospital.
(Was offered a visit with her at that time by the nursing staff, but turned
it down.) I spoke with the LC today and will bring her up to date before I
go out of town
this weekend. She has an SNS on hand if necessary.
I'll try to update y'all before leaving tomorrow.
Margaret Ann
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