2007/9/2, Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>:

# One possible effect of nasopharyngeal reflux (passage of milk into
the nose) is apnea. This is most likely to happen with very young
babies or preterm infants. #


That's interesting. Did you mean apnea 'separately' or apnea during
breastfeeding? [actually I got an answer already :) ]

My first born leaked milk through his lower nostril regularly for
several months when breastfed side lying - it did not seem to bother
him, however, and I connected it to strong mer, as he leaked more at
times -  and he also had some sort of apnea (which was never examined
by any doctor as they thought it wasn't 'anything'). Almost every
night, sometimes a few times each night, I used to wake up, and hear
him not breathing. When I counted he had skipped two inhalings, I
pushed him gently, and he would start breathing again. He was born at
42 wks, and these apnea episodes lasted at least 3,5 years.

He was seen by a foniatrist when he was 7 yrs - he had difficulties to
learn to say "R" (it's pronounced a lot stronger and clearer in
Finnish than in English; in Finnish it involves a strong, vibrating
motion of the tip of the tongue against the rugae), and the foniatrist
suggested he would try a palatal activator (with small, rolling
'pearls' on it). Anyway, at that time the foniatrist didn't see
anything unusual in the function of his "mouth parts/muscles" (I
mentioned her about the apnea and leaking milk).

Sanna-Mari
bf support group leader
Finland, Scandinavia

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