I looked in the archives but found only one post on this from 1996. Our hospital just switched from Nubain to IV Fentanyl for pain control and lately I have have seen more babies that are sleepy. Currently, I have one mother with a sleepy 10 day old baby that is very difficult to wake, feeds about 6 times a day and it's hit or miss if the baby will actually wake up enough to nurse (She nurse last Friday after sleeping 6 hours, and mom got her to breast twice yesterday morning). The baby is gaining fine and well hydrated as the mother has been pumping and finger feeding. Mom says even during the finger feeding this baby will not open her eyes. I'm getting a little concerned about the sleepiness and I'm wondering when this baby will actually wake up. Yesterday, I tried everything I could think of, and a few things I don't approve of (water on the face) to wake this baby. She will only open her eyes for a second before she's asleep again. I don't think she's shutting down as she never wakes enough to shut down. Could this be caused by the Fentanyl? Are there any studies about how long it stays in the baby's system, or about neurological effects from using Fentanyl during labour, eg. delayed or dysfunctional sucking? Or perhaps, am I just having a co-incidental rush of sleepy babies? *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html