I have a 24 hour old baby at a well-known local hospital whose commitment to
breastfeeding is mostly lip service.  They have excellent LCs on staff but
protocols get their way, too.

This baby was delivered at term by CS for FTP and has a resp rate of 60 at
the breast and 70-90 when not at the breast.  I have always felt that aspiration
of breast milk--unlikely but possible with this RR--is not necessarily bad
and that even with this RR (most likely TTN) the infant should be nursing.

CBC showed very little, CXR was "hazy" and the baby looks great!  Pink, good
pulse ox reading and vigorous.  Strong sustained  suck.

They are gavage feeding formula and the neonatologists are able to walk all
over me at this hospital.

Am I wrong about BFing with an RR of 70+??

Thanks.

Jay Gordon

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