Breastfed baby risk investigated

[Mamafy]

In answer to OP who has long since been forgotten about

Any new studies be it for FF or BF coming to light are a good thing, we all have the same goal right? To make our children grow

Now I am away to charge my mobile

 

[AppleBlossom]

lol mamafy

 

[Tam]

Well I think the article is a good one, it will help at least one person who reads it I am sure. At the end of the day it is a survey, and if there is a cause for it, what is the problem it doesn't affect any of you, nor your views.

I had Jade over 10yrs ago, I was a young mum and I never had a clue about babies and I never had a forum to go to for advice. Although I did live with my Mum and Dad. Now my Mum and Dad have had had 6 kiddies between them and I know damn well they knew what they are doing. The truth of the matter is, although common sense tells you "you would know" that is not always the case. (Not to scare anyone, but it DOES happen). Jade has always been very laid back right from the second she was born, I never heard her cry until she was 5 days old. I had been seeing the MWs every day, but no one had picked up there was anything wrong, and they are the qualified ones!!!!

MY GP just happened to pop in as she was passing, and it was just by chance my Mum was changing Jade's bum whilst she was there. She looked at her legs and asked if she could see her nappy. When she saw the stool in it, she said immediately to get me (I was having a lay down) - Jade was dehydrated and starving, it turned out I had very high blood pressure and odeama and we both had to be monitored 24hrs a day!

Jade was absolutely fine in my eyes, I didn't have a clue there was anything wrong. In that article it also says that this can be undetected as babies can appear 'pink & alert'. This is what happened to me.

Now this thread should be taken as a rare problem that has been highlighted......not a debate. I dread to think what would have happened if my GP never turned up that day as we never had a clue, and she had already gone from 7lb 14oz to 6lb in 5 days! It really doesn't bare thinking about. x

 

[leeanne]

In answer to OP who has long since been forgotten about

Any new studies be it for FF or BF coming to light are a good thing, we all have the same goal right? To make our children grow

Now I am away to charge my mobile

Wobbles. Not much longer to go!!

Keep that phone charged honey!

 

[Wobbles]

Shes teasing me its eased now lol I think ...gonna tidy up and bed

Feels so low and heavy I think shes gonna fall out on her own tbh

 

[Sarah88]

Why can't those who feel they get pressured to bf swap places with those who get pressured to ff? That would be fantastic hehe

 

[Sarah88]

Shes teasing me its eased now lol I think ...gonna tidy up and bed

Feels so low and heavy I think shes gonna fall out on her own tbh

Wouldn't that make labour so much easier?

 

[sparkswillfly]

Shes teasing me its eased now lol I think ...gonna tidy up and bed

Feels so low and heavy I think shes gonna fall out on her own tbh

I have to sit with my legs apart like a man my bump is so low. Its so attractive.

 

[Vickie]

Well I think the article is a good one, it will help at least one person who reads it I am sure. At the end of the day it is a survey, and if there is a cause for it, what is the problem it doesn't affect any of you, nor your views.

I had Jade over 10yrs ago, I was a young mum and I never had a clue about babies and I never had a forum to go to for advice. Although I did live with my Mum and Dad. Now my Mum and Dad have had had 6 kiddies between them and I know damn well they knew what they are doing. The truth of the matter is, although common sense tells you "you would know" that is not always the case. (Not to scare anyone, but it DOES happen). Jade has always been very laid back right from the second she was born, I never heard her cry until she was 5 days old. I had been seeing the MWs every day, but no one had picked up there was anything wrong, and they are the qualified ones!!!!

MY GP just happened to pop in as she was passing, and it was just by chance my Mum was changing Jade's bum whilst she was there. She looked at her legs and asked if she could see her nappy. When she saw the stool in it, she said immediately to get me (I was having a lay down) - Jade was dehydrated and starving, it turned out I had very high blood pressure and odeama and we both had to be monitored 24hrs a day!

Jade was absolutely fine in my eyes, I didn't have a clue there was anything wrong. In that article it also says that this can be undetected as babies can appear 'pink & alert'. This is what happened to me.

Now this thread should be taken as a rare problem that has been highlighted......not a debate. I dread to think what would have happened if my GP never turned up that day as we never had a clue, and she had already gone from 7lb 14oz to 6lb in 5 days! It really doesn't bare thinking about. x

that is quite scary Tam! Thank goodness your GP caught it in time

 

[TashaAndBump]

Why can't those who feel they get pressured to bf swap places with those who get pressured to ff? That would be fantastic hehe

What do you mean hun?

 

[clairebear]

Why can't those who feel they get pressured to bf swap places with those who get pressured to ff? That would be fantastic hehe

What do you mean hun?

i think she means that people who bf and get negatives swop with ff and ff who get negatives swop with bf. so that everyone sees everyones POV?

i think its a case of walk in someone elses shoes (i might be wrong but thats what it sounds like to me)

 

[Sarah88]

Pretty much, cept that those who get neg feedback about their choice should swap places with the other (eg those who get told they should bf when they ff should move to the places where they get to to ff when they bf). Was my horrible way of lightening the situation. :/

 

[sam's mum]

Breastfeeding, IMO, speaking from MY experience, is suggested but not pushed. I see the posters, I hear the "breast is best" but when I needed support, where were those breastfeeding "pushing" midwives? Well they were swanning around telling people to bottle feed! I needed help when I was starting out, I cried to my midwife about being depressed because I couldn't get her to feed properly, and do you know what she said "well not everyone's up to it." F*ck her, I was up to it! Look at how far I have come! They need to work on supporting people who WANT to breastfeed more, and giving up the un-convinced.

That said, this research is being put about the wrong way. It's nice the promote the risks, honestly, but they should do it in a "know the risks" kind of way, and not a "BREASTFEEDING WILL KILL YOUR BABY" kind of way, IYKWIM?

Haven't read the rest of this thread yet but I completely agree with this. I never had any encouragement to breastfeed, no support in the hospital (apparently there was a feeding room you could go to for help but when I went in there it was empty), and as soon as Sam's weight wasn't perfectly following the charts I was told by more than one person that I should start giving him formula ...completely off-topic, but I do think there should be more support available for people who want it, and no pressure either way x

 

[Serene123]

I know what you mean Sarah, if we're both hearing we should be doing the other, if we all switched, we wouldn't hear any bad?

 

[sam's mum]

I agree, feeding your child in any way in public shouldn't be so taboo. I don't understand why people are so offended by BFing??

Not just BFing, but bottle feeding too. You can't please anyone. I get dirty looks for BFing, and dirty looks for bottle feeding in public. I get really angry about it. Why should feeding my baby in public cause people to react like that? It's not like I'm making them drink my breast milk!

Me too - I've breastfed Sam in public (but covered up so nobody could see anything) and fed him from bottles, and either way you seem to get disapproving looks. Seems like you can't win whatever you do

 

[Wobbles]

Personally I just hate the comments like there should be more support to encourage breastfeeding rather to bottle/formula feeding etc like people don't have their own minds. I do read more an more than breastfeeding has stopped being pushed onto Mums and tbh GOOD so its should be. Bloody adults ffs can make our own decisions and there is always leaflets and information available in the doctors, MW rooms & bounty packs leaving decision with Mum to be. I don't like pressure I tend to go the opposite way.

I also hate the 'I am better than you' because I breastfeed *insert all the reasons here*' and a small handful do that on here but there does tend to be a dig or 2 from these people thats what I hate about any discussion on either or ...noticed most people ignored the reality of it can happen like it or not (post from Tam). God forbid anyone throwing in a negative.

 

[Serene123]

I don't think anyone thinks it's a bad thing, aslong as it's portrayed in the right way? As a risk, rather than a deterrant?

 

[sam's mum]

Personally I just hate the comments like there should be more support to encourage breastfeeding rather to bottle/formula feeding etc like people don't have their own minds. I do read more an more than breastfeeding has stopped being pushed onto Mums and tbh GOOD so its should be. Bloody adults ffs can make our own decisions and there is always leaflets and information available in the doctors, MW rooms & bounty packs leaving decision with Mum to be. I don't like pressure I tend to go the opposite way.

I also hate the 'I am better than you' because I breastfeed *insert all the reasons here*' and a small handful do that on here but there does tend to be a dig or 2 from these people thats what I hate about any discussion on either or ...noticed most people ignored the reality of it can happen like it or not (post from Tam). God forbid anyone throwing in a negative.

I didn't mean more support to encourage people to breastfeed, just more support available if you want to breastfeed, have problems and need help - we had all sorts of problems to start off with but the only advice I got was that I was doing it wrong (as I was in pain) and that I should give him bottles. It would just be nice to have people you can go to for help if you do need it in the hospital, but not have them pressuring people to bf from the start.

I do agree that people should be made aware of anything that could potentially affect their baby's health, however rare it might be. It wasn't something that I'd thought about when I was feeding Sam (but we were told to watch for all the signs of dehydration). Funny that if it was relating to anything other than feeding, people would welcome the research x

 

[Sarah88]

I know what you mean Sarah, if we're both hearing we should be doing the other, if we all switched, we wouldn't hear any bad?

Yes! Thats it, lol Me and my bad way of saying things

 

[sam's mum]

P.S. Glad to see she didn't drop out overnight Wobbs x