Im so mad i want to campaign!

[redbear]

My friend had a little boy on the 16th by c section due to him been breech, she now has an infection so has to be in hospital longer, she is breastfeeding, so last night she text saying her nipples are hurting her and chapped, i said ask for some cream so she did - - they dont provide nipple cream. So she had to wait until 2.30 today for visiting times so her mum could take her some in. They are so BF but wont give her some cream to sooth her nipples so she can carry on, this is her 4th day in hospital you would think they would have given her something its not her fault she isnt at home!! Grrr so mad, they pay for bloody bounty women to walk around taking pictures why not pay for a tiny tube of nipple cream for the BF mums???!!!
xx

 

[redbear]

She is still BF but some women would have given up! x

 

[My1stBaby]

thats shocking!!! my hospital actually gave me loads when i needed it!!

 

[redbear]

Really??!! They wouldnt give her any at all and all night and all day is a long time to BF with her nipples like that and nothing to sooth them. I think its discusting to be honest i can understand no formula etc due to wanting people to BF but no nipple cream honestly thats going to make her want to give up!

 

[Nurse 26]

Thats shocking, my hospital was the same, wanted you to breastfeed but gave no help what so ever, all the women who were breastfeeding in my ward gave up after a couple of days as there was just no support what so ever!

 

[littlemuffin]

Mine pushed me to BF and when Macy wouldn't latch and never did she would scream with hunger and they would tell me just to keep trying. It was terrible and stressful. I don't think it helped when I came home and gave up when she didn't latch then.

 

[prettypenguin]

Why wouldn't they give her any? Did they just say they had none? X

 

[Maria1977]

My hospital were hit and miss about BF. They were supportive, but in a military style no emotional support whatsoever! I remember the girl in the bay next to me had to get some cream brought in, but it was a cream recommended by the hospital and she was thanking them for their advice. I guess some hospitals aren't allowed, like work places aren't supposed to provide plasters etc. Ridiculous, but out of their hands. But I guess the same rules don't apply to all hospitals, just their policy, iygwim?

Well done your friend though for perservering, bloody nightmare BFing after a section as it is, but with infection and sore boobs on top!! Tell her she is amazing! xxxx

 

[TORino]

This is a real shame.

The hospital was very supportive of me breastfeeding. Though I am a bit pushy and did insist on them spending a bit of time with me to make sure I nailed it.

They showed me different positions, checked the latch, came through every couple of hours to check she was feeding. Asked how my boobs were etc.

Though tbh, I think I was lucky and my baby just got it quickly..

 

[tinks77]

thats shocking!!! my hospital actually gave me loads when i needed it!!

Mine too! I was actually told off for getting OH to buy a tube to bring in to me. Midwives said they have loads of the little sachets & I could have got it from the doctor on free prescription with my nhs exemption card

 

[redbear]

The MW on the ward told her they dont provide nipple cream and that was that, my friend is very shy and wouldnt complain like i would, im going to email them about it to be honest.

 

[Bunnykins]

That's shocking, mind you I think bf support is pretty poor, when I was in hospital they literally forced lo on my boob, no attempt at a latch just a manual shoving his face in my boob, I was so raw from him not latching properly and spent the whole first night in hospital trying to get him to latch and crying that I couldn't feed my son not one mw came and helped me despite buzzing they just kept popping their head round the curtain saying I was doing fine, I was also told to feed my lo every 6 hrs!!! He ended up jaundiced from starvation, luckily I knew it wasn't right and I was able to sort lo and the feeding, but it took a lot of perseverance and pain and sheer force of will not to give up. If I had the time I'd be campaigning for better help for new bf mums, that first 24 hrs in hospital are so important for getting it established and even the simple fact of providing nipple cream would help, good for you for emailing them!!!!

 

[redbear]

My friend is extreamly shy and wont ask for help or anything so thats why im mad I spoke to her today and she also told me-
They didnt help her BF she figured it out herself but it took her ages to get it right and not one mw offered help

She was in hospital for 5 days and they wouldn't give her cream (not even just overnight)

The woman next to her had all her family all day around her (mum husband sisters) but she wasn't allowed her mum in and when someone's husband looked over the woman had a go at him and the hospital staff just let it happen and they kept shoving the cot through the curtain.

she was in a lot of pain and couldn't sit up and the mw had put the buzzer behind her on the wall so baby started to cry she couldn't sit up to get baby and couldn't buzz for help and in the end had to lift him out using one arm and it hurt her a lot --- they didn't check on her until 10.30pm from morning.

The midwife today insisted she BF in front of her even tho she really didn't want to (she has never met the mw before) and she said she wished she had lied and told her she bottle fed so she didn't have to get her boob out in front of a stranger for the first time. but the MW was adiment she wanted to see her feed. He is a week old and was happily sleeping if he wasn't latching wouldn't she know by now!!


Im just sick of it for her i dont know if its just our area but im angry- i wish someone better worded could write me an email -- ill ask my mum i think.

 

[pinkyprincess]

That's shocking!

 

[redbear]

I know and i know she isn't making it up because she doesn't lie (if it was my other friend i wouldn't believe her) and i think the reason is because she doesnt stick up for herself she ends up getting pushed to the side or made to do things she doesnt want to.

xx