Due to brain surgery last year I can't breastfeed.
Now I have to deliver bub early so they can take out my gall bladder at same time. It's happening Friday.
I need to bring formula to hospital, I was going to get milkbank milk but too stressed to organise.
37wks is full term I think but does the bub need different formula?
Karicare I've been told is gentler on tummies?
I'm really clueless as my 4 year old was breastfed for two years.
Hun, we've tried 4 different formulas here and eventually settled on Nestle Nan as it gave DS the least amount of wind. I'm sorry you have no choice in b/f this time, hope all goes well for you on Friday.
Hugs so sorry to gear you had surgery and had decision of how to feed taken out your hands.
No need to use a different forumla, Karicare or Nan seems to be better on tummies, S26 and S26 gold tend to consipate babies a bit more due to increased iron in forumla.
You must be getting so excited that you are going to meet your little one soon! Sorry to hear you had brain surgery and that you now have to have your gall bladder out. I've had my gall bladder out and luckily things went pretty smoothly even though my surgeon said he'd "never seen a gall bladder that looked like that", lol! Best of luck for the birth and surgery.
I don't know anything about formula (my toddler and 4 month old are both tandem feeding), but if you wanted help getting breastmilk (even just as a supplement to the formula), I would be more than happy to help you. Even if it is just to put you in touch with some people that could help. I'm not sure what state you are in though. If you were close by I would even offer my own milk as I am a milk donor already. If you want any extra information please feel free to reply or pm me. It must be a busy time for you so I totally understand if it's all a bit too difficult at the moment, I just wanted to put the offer out there just in case
Apparently Nan HA is supposed to be the closest to breast milk. I used this when DD2 weaned but she ended up on S26, but not the gold as that made her vomit too much. Good luck for next Friday! I will be expecting an sms from your DH xxx
I thought most.people tried to stay clear of nestle? More protest than anything else about many issues (islanders being told formula is better but mixing it with dirty water when they could have breastfed etc)
My sister in law has a 2 month old and when she gets into a routine has offered a bottle of breastmilk now and then! But thank you for breastmilk offer!
Should still be able to provide bub colustrum (comes from relaxin not prolactin, I have relaxin!) But now with gall bladder op keyhole spots I hope it doesn't hurt to feed bub that!
A week after I had my gall bladder out from a keyhole surgery I was completely back to normal. Even drove myself to the post op check. If it's the same as my surgery, you'll probably have 4 incisions. 3 of them didn't even have any stitches. They were just taped closed. The 4th was the one around the belly button that the put the camera down and also pull the gall bladder out through. I had 3 little stitches in that one. The actual incisions themselves weren't very painful. The worst pain I had was "referred pain". Straight after surgery I had a great deal of pain in my right shoulder whenever I started to sit up. Except, it wasn't actually my shoulder that hurt at all. The phrenic nerves that run from your diaphragm meet your spine at the same point as nerves from your right shoulder. Because your brain isn't used to getting conscious sensory messages from your diaphragm, when the diaphragm sends sensory messages your brain interprets them as your shoulder hurting. So you "feel" your shoulder pain, but it's actually your diaphragm. And the reason your diaphragm is sending messages is because it gets irritated by the carbon dioxide that gets pumped into your abdominal cavity during surgery (to make space and so the surgeons can see what they are doing) and not all of it comes out when they are done. It gets absorbed into your body over time, but until it does it can irritate your diaphragm whenever you sit up and it rises under your diaphragm. Apparently it usually lasts 3 days at most, but mine was 6 days.
If you find you get this pain you might try breastfeeding while laying down to avoid the carbon dioxide from rising
A week after I had my gall bladder out from a keyhole surgery I was completely back to normal. Even drove myself to the post op check. If it's the same as my surgery, you'll probably have 4 incisions. 3 of them didn't even have any stitches. They were just taped closed. The 4th was the one around the belly button that the put the camera down and also pull the gall bladder out through. I had 3 little stitches in that one. The actual incisions themselves weren't very painful. The worst pain I had was "referred pain". Straight after surgery I had a great deal of pain in my right shoulder whenever I started to sit up. Except, it wasn't actually my shoulder that hurt at all. The phrenic nerves that run from your diaphragm meet your spine at the same point as nerves from your right shoulder. Because your brain isn't used to getting conscious sensory messages from your diaphragm, when the diaphragm sends sensory messages your brain interprets them as your shoulder hurting. So you "feel" your shoulder pain, but it's actually your diaphragm. And the reason your diaphragm is sending messages is because it gets irritated by the carbon dioxide that gets pumped into your abdominal cavity during surgery (to make space and so the surgeons can see what they are doing) and not all of it comes out when they are done. It gets absorbed into your body over time, but until it does it can irritate your diaphragm whenever you sit up and it rises under your diaphragm. Apparently it usually lasts 3 days at most, but mine was 6 days.
If you find you get this pain you might try breastfeeding while laying down to avoid the carbon dioxide from rising
DS was born at 38wks. The midwives recommended the Gold formulas - Nan HA Gold was what we started on but it made DS constipated after a few weeks. We've also tried Karicare Gold but he started having reflux symptoms so we changed to Nan Pro Gold and that's been working well.
Definitely a gold formula and Nan and Karicare were best for our DD when she had top ups and stopped BF. S26 didn't agree with her at all and the poos on S26 are horrid
I ended up picking karicare gold and intend to try on her on cheaper and cheaper formulas as she gets older.
She is six days old today.
We are now having problems with wind as I am clueless with teats and flow and wind. She gets a lot of wind pain.
I am sure as she gets older we will sort it out.
I use the nuk ones too they pretty much say the teats sold with Are bottle are suitable From newborn to 6 months, try making the bottle Luke warm instead of warm warm as when you tilt it when it's warm it seems to spring out when you tip it to put it in their mouth. The TT ones I tried but didn't like neither, there is a brand called MAM, which I find great they have a system where it traps the wind out of the bottle and as they suck it refrains the wind from going out, I actually use these too, they aren't overly expensive but you can only find them at certain stores, I found target and baby bunting are the best for variety.
HTH, and gL it's very hard and extremely experimental in the early stages..
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which formula for newborn being born 36wks6days?
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