Thank you for your response. Yes, I checked the latch today and I agree
that I think the baby is regaining on the slow side, and mom is increasing
feedings just to be sure. I realize that she was able to get pregnant, but
I just started thinking about her apparent (as reported by mom) lack of
noticeable engorgement, and wondered if there was something to investigate
there.
Regards,
Patricia Ellis
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From: "Gonneke van Veldhuizen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: Athletes and breastfeeding
In einer eMail vom 22-7-01 6:10:46 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt
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> I have a client who is a former gymnast, has a 2 week old BF baby, and MD
is
> concerned because baby is slightly under birth weight. The mom reports no
> increase in breast size during engorgement and that she knew milk was in
> because she started leaking. The baby has lots of wet and soiled diapers.
> I am wondering if a woman who is an athlete may have less developed breast
> glandular tissue, or whether hormones are affected, similarly to menstrual
> irregularities in women athletes.
Patricia, if the woman got pregnant, I do mnot think her hormones were too
much out of balance,
You say: ´´baby is slightly under birth weight´´, does this mean: baby is
still under bw, but gaining, or: baby was gaining but went down, or baby
lost
weight and did not start recovering.When P&P (pee and poop) are fine (as you
say), I´d presume the first to be the one and there should be no reason for
concern.
Perhaps a slight increase in frequence, a latch check and/or some additional
massage during feeding might do the trick and bring baby´s weight up enough
to satisfy the dr.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC
MOM, LLLL, primary schoolteacher
Hiilensberg, Germany
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