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"Doreen M. Drescher" <[log in to unmask]>
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Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 05:33:22 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy and Paul Koch <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 10:11 PM
Subject: FW: blood in breastmilk


> Hi Doreen,
>
> This needs to go to [log in to unmask]
>
> Kathy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doreen M. Drescher [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:07 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: blood in breastmilk
>
>
> dear lacnetters,
> this is my first posting. just became IBCLC in October (hooray!!)
Permission
> to post this from Mom. Primip 30 y.o , + GBS, treated 1 1\2 hrs. PTD with
> Penicillin for GBS. Mom on Paxel but will go off in order to BF. Baby born
> with respiratory distress, had septic workup. Has some apneic episodes.
Mom
> started to pump soon after delivery due to baby NPO. Good amount of
> colostrum 10-20cc's. The milk is the color of Hawaiian Punch. Peds sent to
> lab to check for occult blood, came back positive. Peds wrote order that
Mom
> is to pump and dump until blood clears up. At close to 36 hours color is
> less red appears to be clearing, with the right breast clearer than left.
No
> trauma, cracks, etc. What could cause this? baby never has been to breast
> yet. Could Paxel cause this? Peds said to pump and dump for at least
another
> 24 hrs. to make sure Paxel is out of Mom's system.  If this baby wasn't
sick
> and went to breast we wouldn't even have known about the color of the
milk!
> I welcome any suggestions or info. I couldn't find anything in the
archives
> about initial EBM  with blood in it.Baby will be in hospital until at
least
> Wed.
> Thanks  Doreen Drescher RN,IBCLC Lebanon ,Pa
>

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