The mom of a three week old asked me if it was safe to go to the beauty shop and have her hair dyed. Does anyone have any information to share? This mom is pumping and NGT feeding her baby because he was diagnosed with silent aspiration and reflux. Does anyone have experience with this? The docs are telling her they will do another swallow test in 6-8 weeks. It was abnormal but all other tests were normal. He was a vacuum extraction delivery at 37.5 weeks because he needed surgery for a testicular tortion. He was not intubated for the procedure. She had successfully nursed him several times before surgery. When they tried to give a bottle of formula 5 hours post-op, they noticed he was in trouble and he had a full work-up. Gaining well on Mom's breastmilk, but if more than 70 cc's is given by NGT, he gets a startled look, swallows several times and looks uncomfortable. So he is off the hospital q4h/85 cc schedule and getting 70 cc's on demand. Mom is coping well, but anxious to get him to her breast. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Diane Perrone, RNC Materna Wellborn, Algonquin IL *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html