Okay so from the title you can tell i am not the happiest of campers. Kenadie lost 4oz of weight last night. So the no tube thing did not go so well. The damn docs and everyone keeps asking me if i have enough supply. What do they not get that i put out about 12oz a sitting! I mean hello! Then the doc says are you sure your latch is right. Umm yes but you are more than welcome to evaluate that. Then the lactation consultant says well i think she is not getting the hind milk. Well too bad i had not already thought of that along with her pedi. We have been doing that also. so her pedi says if she does not gain today then they are going to discuss operating on my child and putting a tube in. HELL NO! That is all i got to say! NO NO NO AND NO! This doc keeps trying to write my freaking child off and i am two shades away from tell this doc just how i feel. I am suppose to speak to her pedi today and will discuss how i feel. I know there is not much i can really do about it until she comes back on service on friday.
This is the same pedi that wanted to put my child in a children's home. Oh i about beat the crap out that one! If i have to have 24hr nursing care at my house for her then that is what i will do. Whatever it takes and whatever is best for her.
Tomorrow is our cardi appt at 2pm cst. I am ready for it and just ready to get it over with so we know what is going on with her heart. So that is my update today. Please pray i dont knock the lights out of this pedi!
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ugh, alisha!!! stupid docs! okay, here is my 2 cents. you KNOW i struggled with mackenzie not gaining weight and she was diagnosed as "failure to thrive," so i've been there. i tried so hard to breastfeed her, but she just couldn't gain. finally - my LC and i figured out that she just wasn't able to take in enough milk for the amount of energy she was burning. we used a VERY sensitive scale (accurate to the gram) and weighed her in just her diaper before and after she nursed, to see exactly how much milk she took in. 1 gram = 1 cc or ml of milk. turned out she was only taking in half an ounce in 30 minutes of nursing!! poor baby was spending way more calories than that just getting it out! it had NOTHING to do with my supply - i had TONS of milk. so i ended up just having to pump, and we had to use a special bottle that allowed me to squeeze the milk so she didn't have to work for it...that way she was using precious energy sucking. with kenadie's heart issues, she could very well be using too much energy trying to nurse, and that could be why she's losing weight when she's nursing at the breast. just a thought!! (((hugs)))
Hugs to you. You are a great Mom and experienced at nursing--do what you think is best!
Heather and Maya (SF group)
Oh Alisha, Im so sorry about all this drama, and the darn pediatrician who is so sure that her opinion is better than anyone else's, no matter what the parents think is best. I would be livid, too! I hope you can get your point across without anyone getting injured :)
I will be thinking of you tomorrow afternoon.
(((HUGS))) Alisha! I will say a prayer for baby Kenadie and one for you too! You know what's best for your baby so just speak your mind and let them figure out how they're going to deal with your opinions. All that matters is that Kenadie gets the BEST care that she needs right now. And I'm sure that comes from momma. Don't let them push you around, just don't slap them ;o)
Jen
One word for this doc.... UGH! Jen's .02 sounds like it's worth bringing up with the doc.. or perhaps a different doc.
As for my .02, get a second, third, fourth opinion until you feel comfortable.
{{HUGS}} you are in my thoughts!
Oh sweetie! That doc sounds like a real 'jerk'. Hang in there hon! You are doing the right thing. HUGS!
Oh Sweetie, just know that mothers intuition is always best. I will keep you and precious Kenadie in our prayers.
April (PAL)
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