Hi,
Just wondering if anyone could shed some light on this situation. My baby was born 3 weeks ago through a planned caesarean. The birth went well and she had an apgar score of 9 and then 10 at five minutes. She was born at 8 am. At 11 am she was given a syringe of formula as I was unable to produce any colostrum. I was quite 'under the weather' with strong painkillers at this time. Well, by 10 pm that night she had not eaten again and the nurses tested her blood sugar level and it had dropped from 2.9 at 6pm to 2.0 at 10 pm. She had gone 11 hours without eating. I had been attempting to breastfeed throughout this time to no avail.
I am just wondering if anyone has any information on low blood sugar levels in newborns and what is considered to be a dangerous level. She was given a feeding tube almost immediately after this and this stayed in for another 12 hours or so afterwards. She began feeding on the bottle the following day.
No one at the hospital seemed to be concerned but looking back on this it is concerning to me.
Thanks in advance for your ideas.
Emma