I wonder if this has to do with anxiety of some sort? People who suffer
from anxiety sometimes can have that feeling of not being able to draw a
deep breath. I don't know if this is the case here, but it's an idea. Also,
isn't it curious that a mom who leaves the hospital cannot have any pain
medication, but during birth, and immediately post partum, pain medications
are perfectly fine? Pumping and feeding the baby the milk? Lunacy.
Sigh. Kathleen
Kathleen Bruce RN IBCLC
Independent consultant: Breastfeeding Clinic of Vermont, Lactation
Resources of Vermont, Medela, Inc. Listowner Lactnet listserv
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On 4/28/05 7:30 PM, "Rick Gagne and Elise Morse-Gagne" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> 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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