Hi Tricia
> - Has anyone ever heard of Colace causing the baby to not have bowl
> movements, or sort of save them up? The baby was not constipated, but
> seemed either like she was saving them for a long time, or unable to
> push it out (possibly?).
My 1999 edition of Hale says re Colace
"....transfer into breastmilk is unknown but probably very minimal. Watch
for loose stools in infant. Probably compatible with breastfeeding."
Seem to me it may have the opposite effect to what you are suggesting.
"One other piece of the puzzle is that the baby hasn't gained any weight
yet that we know of. Now she's only 7 days. At birth 5 1b., 9 oz., at 3
days 5 lb. 5 oz., at 5 days - 5 lb., 3 oz. And baby will be weighed
again tomorrow."
The red flag for me is the lack of weight gain, along with the infrequent
bowel actions. As suggested I would think it is an intake problem. What was
the baby's weight when she went back for review?
This is a good reference re stool counts:
http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVDecJan98p123.html
I would suggest this baby need to increase it's intake of breastmilk.
Hope this helps
Karen Clements IBCLC
Melb Aust
----- Original Message -----
From: "robert palleja jr." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: More on mom taking Colace
> Hello Ladies,
>
> I have just a minute before I run out the door, but there were two
> things I wanted to mention. I'm still looking for help here, so any help
> would be appreciated. I'm asking here because I think they is a very
> unusual situation, so it's helpful to talk to so many wise women at
> once.
>
> The main concern of the doctors and the mom is that the baby has gone so
> long between passing the meconium without having a bowel movement. So
> that's the main concern here. Many of you think it's a milk transfer
> problem, and I think it may be too. Except the baby does have plenty of
> wet diapers. Could it just be that some baby's take a while to start
> their bm's. What is the longest it should reasonably take between the
> day the baby stops passing meconium until she has her first yellow bm.
> My first daughter took about 6 days, and that's the longest I've heard
> of. After that she had no other problems. But the mom does not seem
> reassured by this. And her doctor is very concerned. He is blaming it on
> breastfeeding and wanting to give formula. So my big main question was
> - Has anyone ever heard of Colase causing the baby to not have bowl
> movements, or sort of save them up? The baby was not constipated, but
> seemed either like she was saving them for a long time, or unable to
> push it out (possibly?).
>
> One wise woman asked about infertility problems in regard to her milk
> supply. The mother did have infertility. This is her first baby and she
> went through 3 rounds of artificial insemination, all failed. This baby
> was a surprise between fertility treatments.
>
> Again any thoughts are most appreciated. And thank you to all of you who
> have responded so far. I know the mother will find this information very
> helpful.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Tricia Palleja
>
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