I am not a lactnet doc, but my background is NICU nursing. Is the baby in
Oxegen? Is it a newborn?

The risk of aspirating colostrum is extremely small...that is the way nature
designed it...in small, thick portions. When I worked NICU and Rehab (for many
years) it is a fact that OT/PT would thicken liquids for children that had poor
airway control for feeding. If the O2 requirement is not so great that baby
can't come out of a hood to be put to breast.....experience tells me that the
baby will do better with his resp. status if he is allowed to go to breast. I
have many times seen a baby with a RR of 80, put to breast and WALA...the RR
goes down to 56, or 60.

Now, on the other hand, if this is an older baby and mom has a plentiful supply
I might be a tad more concerned. I would need more details to assess the
situation.

Susan Keith-Hergert RN, MS, CPN, IBCLC
Mercy Health Partners
Cincinnati

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