i guess i need to hear from others who have been through the same thing and maybe get some reassurance. amelia is 7 weeks now. at about 1 week (or before) she started screaming what seemed like all the time. she arched her back and lifted her chin right back while she screamed. we started to notice that this happened after breast-feeds for up to 11/2 hours. i looked up her behaviour on the net and wondered if it was silent reflux, took her to the dr and after 3 weeks was put on 10mg of losec. after 3 weeks we still we're sure if it was making much difference so we took her off the meds in case we were dealing with colic. crying and arching after feeds after a week off meds seemed to be getting worse so are now trying 20mg of losec.
here's the thing. i feel in a damned if you do and damned if you situation. i HATE giving her losec because it has not been properly tested on infants and i don't want to find out in 5 years that it's dangerous or has a long term impact. on the other hand, if it IS reflux and i don't medicate her the thought of her being in pain makes me sick. i hope to god when i get to the end of this week there will be a discernable difference one way or the other- ie, if the crying after feeds stops i'll know it's reflux. if it doesn't, i know from the dr she is otherwise healthy and deal with it as though its colic.
i know the official tests for reflux are quite full on. is this why we are doing the losec dose trials? i seem to be feeling a feeling almost like guilt.
anyone else felt like this?
appreciate your replies, g