Hi All,

 

First thank you very much for all the information you have sent to me.  I am
working hard to help the mom with the brain tumor and I hope it pays off.
We are looking at all possible scenarios.rather daunting.and scary.

 

She asked me this morning if there was a group of other BF moms who had had
brain surgeries.  Does anyone know of a group that she can contact to get
some support?  Several of my moms have had other surgeries and she feels
that will help - but being surgery specific could be of an even bigger
benefit to her.  Thank you!

 

Re: my client with the cardiac issues.  She has been bucking all the odds.
:-)  She came out of surgery well - went home on day 3, baby home on day 4.
Her milk came in late day 4.it's been a bit up and down, not stable, but I
think that comes with the territory of trying to heal and make milk at the
same time.one has to take priority.  Baby had some issues with breathing and
jaundice and was placed in NICU with bili-lights late on day 2.  Against
moms wishes he was given bottles of formula (rather than cup-fed or
finger-fed), over fed (3 ounces at at least one feeding on day 2!), found by
mom at one point in the isolette with blankets covering him, eye mask off,
eyes wide open and bili-lights on, and another time found by mom with a
pacifier wedged in his mouth with a bulb-syringe (he was on his side close
to the side of the isolette with the bulb syringe placed up against the back
of the pacifier to keep it from falling out and him from crying) and he came
home with a blistery, bright red, open-sores diaper rash.  As a NICU nurse
she is LIVID and will be taking action regarding this treatment when she is
well.  On the upside, however, my contact LC in the hospital was fabulous -
giving her the help she needed when she needed.  At least I now know who to
send mommies to there!  She was awesome!  I will say that this particular
NICU is usually better than they were with this client.but obviously
something went terribly wrong.  And it is very sad to me.

 

Both mom and baby are home now (day 8 today) and are doing reasonably well.
Baby is thoroughly nipple confused but is feeding well from the BreastFlow
bottle.  They are doing skin to skin as they can - it seems to stress him at
times as he so desperately wants to breastfeed that he ends up with erratic
breathing issues due to the frustration of being nipple confused and not
knowing what to do.  We are using a nipple shield, but his suck is not there
just yet for him to be able to get milk - which just frustrates him more.
So, we are keeping mom and baby close and monitoring his stability
attempting to breastfeed once or twice a day as he seems able.  We will be
increasing that most likely when I reevaluate tomorrow.  

 

I guess that is it for the updates.thank you for all your help!

 

Warmly,

Jaye

 

 

Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM

Breastfeeding Network

Sacramento, CA

www.breastfeedingnetwork.net

 


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