We or should I say Lisa has had a very tough 24 hours with trying to establish a feeding routine that will allow us to be discharged.
It was becoming increasingly clear that Olivia whilst she was suckling was not getting a full feed from Lisa as she was still falling asleep after 10-15 mins of feeding. Lisa only managed 45 mins of sleep all night as Olivia was crying for food but then not taking enough milk, by the morning Olivia was getting more stressed and crying continuously. The nurses decided that a tube feed was in order to rehydrate her and then a new plan would have to be devised.
The new plan was to let Olivia feed as much as possible direct form the breast but then let her have a bottle of breast milk to top up the feed. This seemed to be working well and we were told that if this continued to work then we might be able to come home on Saturday!
James x
It was becoming increasingly clear that Olivia whilst she was suckling was not getting a full feed from Lisa as she was still falling asleep after 10-15 mins of feeding. Lisa only managed 45 mins of sleep all night as Olivia was crying for food but then not taking enough milk, by the morning Olivia was getting more stressed and crying continuously. The nurses decided that a tube feed was in order to rehydrate her and then a new plan would have to be devised.
The new plan was to let Olivia feed as much as possible direct form the breast but then let her have a bottle of breast milk to top up the feed. This seemed to be working well and we were told that if this continued to work then we might be able to come home on Saturday!
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