Tuesday, January 27, 2004
this is a more comprehensive article.
I'm completely off dairy foods; on soy, although it might be as bad. it's very hard to get enough fat without cheese, butter, milk, yogurt etc. and I'm making him keep going back to the same breast until he finishes it. the screaming and back arching got worse by Saturday - at least dh got to see it - but has subsided. his poos are still most unsatisfactory in colour and consistency, with the odd spot of blood, though. it can take a while for damage to the bowel to heal, so I'm going to persist for a
emailed a breastfeeding asn. counsellor friday and got no response - though my hotmail may have been full - now awaiting a call back from the hospital's lactation consultant.
at least right now he's sleeping. last night was the dreaded two-feed night. I don't know how mothers who do that every night survive.
I'm completely off dairy foods; on soy, although it might be as bad. it's very hard to get enough fat without cheese, butter, milk, yogurt etc. and I'm making him keep going back to the same breast until he finishes it. the screaming and back arching got worse by Saturday - at least dh got to see it - but has subsided. his poos are still most unsatisfactory in colour and consistency, with the odd spot of blood, though. it can take a while for damage to the bowel to heal, so I'm going to persist for a
emailed a breastfeeding asn. counsellor friday and got no response - though my hotmail may have been full - now awaiting a call back from the hospital's lactation consultant.
at least right now he's sleeping. last night was the dreaded two-feed night. I don't know how mothers who do that every night survive.
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