View Full Version : Has breastfeeding ever hurt your child?
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it has hurt them if i eat the wrong foods, then they get severe wind pain.
it hurts them if i dont have enough supply and they are screaming hungry
Bunnyhugs
17-11-2008, 12:45
I voted other because he was screaming from hunger and only getting blood from me, so yeah in that case it hurt him a little but nothing long lasting, which I think is the purpose of the poll isn't it?
NibbleCurlynBub
17-11-2008, 12:48
Not unless you count oral thrush, though the lucky girl didn't even notice she had it. :rolleyes:
yes the very little amount i actualy managed to express and put down her tube yes it did hurt her, the actual act of breast feeding also did to she completely refused to suck because of what was coming back up and hurting her and going into her lungs
But realy with a kid like miki ts not the fact that it was breast of formular it was the fact thats she has major GI issues and nothing but neocate into her small bowel is anygood
My boys got plenty food supply from me. Can't think of any reason why it would have hurt them.
Love is all you need
17-11-2008, 12:53
Yes :yes: my illness means I couldn't produce enough nutrients or antibodies basically all she was getting was sugars and water so yes if I kept bf it would have malnutrioned (sp) her.
pinkgingham
17-11-2008, 12:57
yes. i have an undersupply. basically nothing much comes out. my 2 both lost too much weight in the hospital because my milk wasnt enough. they lost so much that they lost 10% of their body weight. i had to then make the decision to formula feed.
~Emmylou~
17-11-2008, 13:07
Ummmm....no?
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Ummmm....no?
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Is that a I am not sure :confused: or a why are you asking this question :confused:, :D.
I voted other because he was screaming from hunger and only getting blood from me, so yeah in that case it hurt him a little but nothing long lasting, which I think is the purpose of the poll isn't it?
It's open ended really, you could vote yes if you felt that it hurt her then but you dont have to ;).
Yes, as my breast milk had no substinance in it, so I starved her, and she cried all the time.:(
bossoflatch
17-11-2008, 13:12
it was breastfeeding dd2 that landed her in hospital for 10days and the hospital putting counsellors onto me saying that i had malnourished my child by starving her - she was off the charts and skinny as.. !!! I hadnt taken her in earlier coz the clinic health nurse was monitoring her and knew how much i was feeding her ..
we coudlnt work out what was happening !!
she was breastfeeding every 2 -4 hours and wetting 6-8 nappies .. but pooping every feed.. so up to 12 dirty nappies a day .. turns out she has the same protien allergies/ intolerance as dd1 ..
they had me observed in hospital for 4 days and did all these tests before they realised it wasnt me .. its was my milk !!
Yes, as my breast milk had no substinance in it, so I starved her, and she cried all the time.:(
:hugs: I am sorry that must have been so hard, did they analyse your milk and tell you that or was it just obvious from your DD's weight/behaviour etc?
it was breastfeeding dd2 that landed her in hospital for 10days and the hospital putting counsellors onto me saying that i had malnourished my child by starving her - she was off the charts and skinny as.. !!! I hadnt taken her in earlier coz the clinic health nurse was monitoring her and knew how much i was feeding her ..
we coudlnt work out what was happening !!
she was breastfeeding every 2 -4 hours and wetting 6-8 nappies .. but pooping every feed.. so up to 12 dirty nappies a day .. turns out she has the same protien allergies/ intolerance as dd1 ..
they had me observed in hospital for 4 days and did all these tests before they realised it wasnt me .. its was my milk !!
Morons :rolleyes:, you are a great mum and there is family history of GI issues :doh:
:hugs:
sam's mum
17-11-2008, 13:15
DD1 no problems
DS lost a lot of weight at the start, 5 pd 10 down to 5pd, but then my milk kicked about day 5 or so and he was fine after that.
DD2, some problems getting started, but that was related to the formula that she had been given via ng tube and bottle.
she was breastfeeding every 2 -4 hours and wetting 6-8 nappies .. but pooping every feed.. so up to 12 dirty nappies a day .. turns out she has the same protien allergies/ intolerance as dd1 ..
they had me observed in hospital for 4 days and did all these tests before they realised it wasnt me .. its was my milk !!
ditto. (except DS1 lol) he had a milk protein allergy, lost tons of weight, because every milk protein in my body was going into him thru my milk, he would reject it by poopin or spewing... i tried elimination of dairy from my diet, but it was still happening, so ended up on specialised formula.
however, i looooved breastfeeding, and it caused no ill effects to DS2, and DS1 only because of the MPA!
RoarsomeMum
17-11-2008, 13:20
Yes, She got BM Jaundice, and it caused her Liver function to plummet, because of that, she endured, at 6 weeks old, numourous heel prick tests, blood attempted to be drawn from EVERY vein she had, and finally they took it from her Scull. It was hidious to watch. - She endured that for 7 weeks till she was totally formula fed, then the liver function and congigated Billyruben (sp?) returned to normal.
Sheer Bliss
17-11-2008, 13:34
Nope, it has been pretty much all good for us. DS actually lost weight on formula tube feeds in hospy. It wasn't until my milk kicked in and he was fully breastfed that he started to gain weight back.
bossoflatch - :hugs: you poor thing, I can't imagine how upsetting that would have been.
bronny-jane
17-11-2008, 13:38
no we havent had an issue at all... and i eat nut, drink coffee..occasional drink of alcohol...
he's a very settled child though
Tam-I-Am
17-11-2008, 13:44
Yes, DS has a cow's milk protein intolerance and until I cut all dairy and soy out of my diet, breastfeeding gave him shocking silent reflux. To be fair, though, he is still breastfed, and happy and healthy - whereas if I'd switched him to formula, he'd have problems ongoing to this day, I would imagine.
So yes - but not as much as formula would have ;) :)
Deserama
17-11-2008, 14:19
yeh was starving my 5th kid a little when I didn't realise she wasn't able to get much when I was feeding her with nipple shields!
Fixed the problem though - thank God :)
Yes Me! My mum had major over supply issues and a very fast let down. Apparently I used to nearly drown in milk every feed! I just couldn't keep up.
Yes, my 4th baby suffered with servere jaundice and he only got better once put on formula. I also had little supply as I was soo busy with 3 other kids.
Yes it has,
DS was tube fed EBM for weeks in NICU/SCN which was great and really helped him IMO but then I started to try and BF him directly, sadly that coincided with him contracting RSV and that combination meant that he kept aspirating my BM. One of his lungs collapsed and he had to cope with that as well as a fever and mucous requiring suction hourly (they put a sucking tube down their nose).
The knowledge that my desire to direct BF put my child back into intensive care was just terrible, I can't even describe how guilty I felt.
It was so bad I developed PND.
Anyway he recovered but still has scarring in his lungs from that collapse/pnuemonia and others.
Needless to say I stopped BF and just expressed.
SmileyBJ
17-11-2008, 14:34
Yes for four days DS was jauntice, losing weight, had not had a single wet nappy & would only feed every 8 hours.
Turnt out the midwifes who were constantly on me to master breastfeeding didn't realise there was nothing but blood for him to suck.
Ashleigh<3
17-11-2008, 14:59
naiwen, that would have been incredibly difficult. :( :hugs:
I suppose the only way breastfeeding might have hurt my Daughter was the bleeding, ew. That can't be good to digest right? And other then that, hmmm, the violent gas? Man breastfeeding gave her the worst gas/poo ever. I can only imagine how much pain it caused her cause it caused me enough pain being in the same room. :laughing:
mum23girls
17-11-2008, 15:14
I will say yes. I feel breastfeeding destroyed my ability to bond with my baby... the feeling of resentment that went with having to BF her... therefore ruining the relationship I should have with my daughter.
naiwen, that would have been incredibly difficult. :( :hugs:
I suppose the only way breastfeeding might have hurt my Daughter was the bleeding, ew. That can't be good to digest right? And other then that, hmmm, the violent gas? Man breastfeeding gave her the worst gas/poo ever. I can only imagine how much pain it caused her cause it caused me enough pain being in the same room. :laughing:
Yes it was :gloomy:, emotional torture really.
But I would hate for anyone to read that and see it as a reason not to breastfeed because the chances of them having a very premature baby who contracts a virus when they start to BF are tiny.
I don't hate BF per se but I do have a lot of guilt over what I did. I plan to express next time :yes:
Oh and I read that blood from the mother doesn't hurt the baby :)
I will say yes. I feel breastfeeding destroyed my ability to bond with my baby... the feeling of resentment that went with having to BF her... therefore ruining the relationship I should have with my daughter.
:hugs:
Have you been able to mend that relationship at all?
:hugs:
taliistheword
17-11-2008, 15:30
i put other as tali only breastfeed for a weeks as she could lach on, but i did get milk for over 4 months so i put it in a bottle and she drink it from a bottle
mum23girls
17-11-2008, 15:31
Thanks naiwen. :hugs: It is getting better. She still prefers her dad though. I realised with my other children that emotional health for all of us was far better to have than feeling the guilt of not BFing.
Fuchsia!
17-11-2008, 15:34
nope no problems here
That bond can be stronger than we think,
I didnt see DS being born as he was behind the curtain for the crash CS, I didnt hold him for days because he was ressussed and sent to NICU, I didnt take him home with me and he felt like the hospitals baby for nearly 3 months, I didnt BF (except for a few disasterous ones) but despite all that and PND which needed medicating we still have a very close bond.
Of course all mums are different but you can bond slowly over time and heal together from emotional trauma during and after birth.
MrsMiggins
17-11-2008, 15:40
No, but it's hurt me a helluva lot (1 child who couldn't latch properly & another who thinks that it's perfectly OK to hang on with his teeth!! :eek:)
No, but it's hurt me a helluva lot (1 child who couldn't latch properly & another who thinks that it's perfectly OK to hang on with his teeth!! :eek:)
Hahaha. That's what I was going to say - she's fine, but me,, ouch!
Not hurt them, but caused them discomfort. I have an oversupply and a very fast let down, and Beau especially chokes on it, being the smaller of the two. Expressing a little before each feeds fixes this! (although is a major pain for me) :)
:hugs: I am sorry that must have been so hard, did they analyse your milk and tell you that or was it just obvious from your DD's weight/behaviour etc?
;)I fed her for 4 weeks, she screamed the whole time, so I forced them to test my milk. It was about as nutrious as water:o
Ashleigh<3
17-11-2008, 16:43
Yes it was :gloomy:, emotional torture really.
But I would hate for anyone to read that and see it as a reason not to breastfeed because the chances of them having a very premature baby who contracts a virus when they start to BF are tiny.
I don't hate BF per se but I do have a lot of guilt over what I did. I plan to express next time :yes:
Oh and I read that blood from the mother doesn't hurt the baby :)
I completely agree, good on you naiwen.
:yelclap:
reAllytee
17-11-2008, 19:00
With Boof nope ... Hurt me more lol ! Wish I had kept going now though aaaah wells we all learn !
With G yes it did but I dont really know how to answer this wasnt because of the breastmilk as such it was because of his system not being able to tolerate it.
So breastfeeding was wonderful for bonding & he loved being close to me but sadly his system couldnt tolerate the BM.
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