I got a text from Ren this morning. Ava got diagnosed with silent reflux and now has medicine so she isn't in pain. Ren said she is a much happier mum now! Hopefully I will see her for 20 mins or so tomorrow. So it sounds like things are improving for Ren & Ava!!!
AJC & Oscar - thank you for updating everyone! Starbright - thank you for your txt msg of support whilst I was in hossy!
Hi girls!! I'm sooooo very sorry I haven't posted in here (or on BB) for days probably nearly a week!? I have been so very busy it's been unbelievable.... as most of you would know!
Basically.... Ava was screaming and crying in pain most days for the last 3 weeks since getting home from hospital and since my milk coming in and I just thought this is what babies do but it was really getting me down as I wasn't getting any sleep during the day Ava wouldn't sleep at all and I thought most babies sleep at least some parts of the day! So i had been living off 3-5hrs sleep per night as she would sleep at night OK. from pure exhaustion from crying during the day
It was getting too hard and by Tues when we had a really bad day I had had enough and Dh was so worried about both of us. I wasn't coping and needed answers. I'd read about 'silent reflux' and another BB member had a baby with this and I'd asked her about it and it sounded like what her DD had suffered from in the early weeks.
Dr admitted us into hossy and kept us overnight, Paed saw us next day and said it sounded like Silent Reflux however it's so hard to diagnose in small babies so we treated her like it was and that seemed to do the job! Next day, we left hospital (can't stand hospitals anymore!!) and came home and she was a different baby since! Of course she still cries but thats' only unsettled cries.... no longer reflux cries in pain!!!
We have her on "Losec tablets" and hope to have her off them in 2 weeks time. And we have her on "Mariners Infant mixture" homeopathic remedy for wind, colic and reflux pain. So far, so good
As for BF'ing, it sure has made things harder as she can pull off at times thru the feeds and get a bit upset but it's calmed down now. There is a book at the ABA for $5 I am getting tomorrow off a lady (going to a ABA morning tea to meet other new mums!!) and it's called "silent reflux and breastfeeding" so hope that will be useful info for me and Ava in terms of feeding and how it can affect feeds.
Hopefully this Silent Reflux will pass in few weeks......
Also, still seeing LC. We are still having issues with her weight gain she isn't gaining weight as fast as we'd like. LC coming tomorrow to weigh her. Weighed her at a chemist Friday and Ava hadn't moved weight altho different scales, before a feed etc all affect it...... I'm exclusively BFing HOWEVER Fri and Sat night just gone, DH and I topped her up with formula..... as BAD as I felt and I did cry while DH got the bottle ready, we know it was the right thing for her as she sometimes won't feed off me properly and cries like she's still hungry yet won't attach...... this only happens now and then. Possibly from her reflux? not sure. Don't feel guilty about the formula because I know that she needs to be gaining weight and happy and it was only given as top up and not a normal feed. Offered breast first.
Still working through issues with my LC and I will continue to see her until my right nipple heals.... it's still SO painful even with correct attachment. There is a cream I can get for it that is prescription so probably this week will get Dr to write a script for me. Should help it heal faster.
That's our news - Sorry it's taken so long. Things have been so full on. I've had so many tears with BFing and days where I've just wanted to give up but I'm still going...... persisting.....
oh!!! and Ava sleeps during the days now aswell as night times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I actually get some rest now!!!!!!! DH told me the other day "i don't know how you coped during the day on your own when i was at work with her screaming in pain" and I said "I wasn't coping!!" lol HUGE difference between an unsettled crying baby and a silent reflux baby in pain!
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I actually get some rest now!!!!!!! DH told me the other day "i don't know how you coped during the day on your own when i was at work with her screaming in pain" and I said "I wasn't coping!!" lol HUGE difference between an unsettled crying baby and a silent reflux baby in pain!
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