I have had 3 children all born by caesarean section (first for severe
PIH,second for breech,third as repeat elective).They all were breastfed for
12 months and none of them had any complementary formula feeds. My middle
child in particular was 3860g(8lb8oz) at 38 weeks and was particularly
hungry so I just kept him in bed with me while I was in hospital and he fed
almost constantly.At discharge on day 6 he had only lost 20 grams from his
birthweight - so if I didn't have any milk I don't know how he pulled that
one off!!!
Tell the nursery nurse to try a different story!
Regards,
Madeline Hall (a night shift midwife in Australia)
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> From: S&J Sheperd <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: all c-sec have no milk for 5 days?
> Date: Monday, 18 January 1999 16:00
>
> Question:
>
> Have you heard  of any evidence that milk will not come in for 5 days
after
> a c-section?  I overheard a nursery nurse while taking the newborn into
mom
> to nurse for first time telling her this and that she would have to think
of
> what she wanted to do to supplement baby in the meantime.  The reason for
> this she said was fluid loss in surgery (and I thought we were concerned
> about extra fluid after surgery or labor!)  Is this just a nurse wanting
to
> convince a mom to allow supplements to make the nursery nurse's job in
the
> nursery easier?  They all seem to LOVE to feed the babies! At least night
> shift, anyway!  Any opinions here?
>
> Janette
>