Isn't the morphine in the spinal bad for bub when breastfeeding?
Hi Hayley, I've never thought about it until now but the spinal block I had for my c-section could have caused my breastfeeding problems. DS was very sleepy and I couldn't get him to latch and feed. I couldn't move my legs for hours after, so they just lay him on me in bed. My c-section was at 7pm and by 6am the next morning they had heel pr*cked him and taken him to the NICU because his blood sugar was low. That night he was under lights due to Jaundice. DS was 3 weeks old before we properly established breastfeeding. I didn't know until I 'googled' it before replying, that the spinal block could have been responsible for all this.

My c-section was an emergency due to an undiagnosed breech baby. I didn't get to choose whether I wanted an epidural or a spinal block, but they did tell me it would be a spinal and explained it to me before hand.