Hello, I am working with a mother that currently has her baby hospitalized and I am interested in how reflux is generally treated by doctors. Baby was born at 5 lbs 10 oz full term csection. Discharge weight was 5 lbs 4 ozs. While in the hospital baby was supplemented against mothers wishes (according to her). On day 2 and 3 baby cried all night and continued to have meconium stools. On day 4 stools were green and mother said that she had been limiting feeds to 5-7 minutes on each side "to avoid gas". I suggested that she not limit feeds. On day 5 baby was doing significantly better! Baby was sleeping better and stools were now the trademark yellow. On day 6 baby stopped breathing during a feeding 3 times. The baby was admitted to the local children's hospital with the mother. Reflux has been diagnosed. Now the problem, the mother is being told to offer small frequent feeds. She really does not want to do this because the baby cried so much when she was nursing her that way. The baby is now, at one week, 6 lbs 2 ozs. Jack Newman recommends longer feeds for babies with reflux so I am not sure what to advise this mother to do. She really seems at the end of her rope as she thought that breastfeeding was going so well and now feels that it is being threatened. Any input would be great! Tracy DeMaddalena, LLL Leader *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html