Archived Butterbarge can't make milk, baby starves to death (fedisbest.org)
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Archived Butterbarge can't make milk, baby starves to death (fedisbest.org)
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[–] 8211214? 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
This doesn't make sense. According to everything I've read the diaper output was pretty normal. The weight loss was a bit much. Baby should have been kept in the hospital for evaluation untill the weight loss stopped and was reversed. But baby's nursing and diapers seemed just fine. I wonder if something else was going on here. My babies have all acted the same and produced similar diaper counts. The only real difference in baby behavior is that their weight loss was minimal and all 3 of them re-gained their birth weight very fast. My milk has come in at the 48 hour mark all 3 times. I also had an oversupply.
I wonder if she is lying about diaper output. But that said, with such a weight loss the first 2 days, that baby shouldn't have left the hospital. Even my home birth midwife made a home visit on day 2 to weigh my baby. Lethargy and other signs of dehydration should have presented in her baby. Her baby would have probably had dry lips and skin. He would have had a more dry mouth. That baby wasn't doing well from the start and should have been evaluated further.
[–] Sharra 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
articles like this just make me so angry and heartbroken that I can't even process it. I am just so incredibly NOT okay
[–] 8211570? 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Yeah. Same. It makes me so incredibly sad to think about babies dying. But as a parent, if I think something is wrong I will do something. I won't just sit on my hands if I'm feeling worried. I would guess this baby had some digestive issue that went undiagnosed because it was discharged before being fully evaluated. Maybe the breastmilk never came in too. But over 9% loss in less than 2 days is a huge red flag. At the absolute least that baby should have had a next day follow up with a pediatrician.