Hi Ladies
Poor Isla is still having trouble feeding, here's the background...she wouldnt latch on from day one despite trying for weeks, she had expressed colostrum and then expressed breastmilk until yesterday when i simply couldnt get enough milk out anymore just foremilk which was making her poo turn green and was getting really stressed etc.
She was only ever taking 1-2oz of ebm at each feed and most of my milk was going down the sink..4 hours a day on a pump was no fun and i was getting depressed. She was still half an oz under her birthweight when she was last weighed on Monday at 13 days old. Although she'd occassionally have days when she would demand her feeds, mostly we were waking her not letting her go for more than 3 hours without offering her something. She was very fussy spitting most of it out and occassionally throwing up a couple of times out of her nose.
We decided to stick her on formula yesterday so that she is getting norished etc and that the black dog sitting on my shoulder didnt turn into full blown pnd.
She took feeds around every 2-3 hours last night but was quite sick, her poos are still quite greeny and lumpy now she was fine-ish through the night, spitting up then a wee puke a while after her feed. Today she threw the entire contents of her tummy up an hour after feeding it was proper forced vomiting. We cleaned her up and calmed her dowm. 3 hours later she woke hungry so we only allowed her 1oz and put her down to see how she goes.
She also coughs a lot and poos almost every 3 hours.
I'm starting to get concerned about the tiny amount of food she is still having and this latest bout of vomiting. Is it just the transition to formula...we put her on sma gold or something i should worry about?
The HV is coming out to see her tomorrow, she's doesnt seem dehydrated.
Probably just being paranoid but should she be eating more by now? her appitie hasnt increased at all since day 5.
I just want my baby to eat! and feel so stressed out.
Poor Isla is still having trouble feeding, here's the background...she wouldnt latch on from day one despite trying for weeks, she had expressed colostrum and then expressed breastmilk until yesterday when i simply couldnt get enough milk out anymore just foremilk which was making her poo turn green and was getting really stressed etc.
She was only ever taking 1-2oz of ebm at each feed and most of my milk was going down the sink..4 hours a day on a pump was no fun and i was getting depressed. She was still half an oz under her birthweight when she was last weighed on Monday at 13 days old. Although she'd occassionally have days when she would demand her feeds, mostly we were waking her not letting her go for more than 3 hours without offering her something. She was very fussy spitting most of it out and occassionally throwing up a couple of times out of her nose.
We decided to stick her on formula yesterday so that she is getting norished etc and that the black dog sitting on my shoulder didnt turn into full blown pnd.
She took feeds around every 2-3 hours last night but was quite sick, her poos are still quite greeny and lumpy now she was fine-ish through the night, spitting up then a wee puke a while after her feed. Today she threw the entire contents of her tummy up an hour after feeding it was proper forced vomiting. We cleaned her up and calmed her dowm. 3 hours later she woke hungry so we only allowed her 1oz and put her down to see how she goes.
She also coughs a lot and poos almost every 3 hours.
I'm starting to get concerned about the tiny amount of food she is still having and this latest bout of vomiting. Is it just the transition to formula...we put her on sma gold or something i should worry about?
The HV is coming out to see her tomorrow, she's doesnt seem dehydrated.
Probably just being paranoid but should she be eating more by now? her appitie hasnt increased at all since day 5.
I just want my baby to eat! and feel so stressed out.