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[Anonymous]

I tried taking Fenagreek and it didn’t work. The same thing happened with my first son who was also premature. I think I pumped for a month with him then my supply started to diminish. I don’t know what is going on. Some say it is the stress of feedings every two hours and trying to pump. I know breastmilk is the best for her and I don’t want to do formula. But just don’t know what else to do.

[Anonymous]

I called the pharmacy and my DD’s prescription is .7ml BID of 3mg/ml solution. The pharmacist says that she is mixing 45ml sodium bicarbonate to 135mg of Prevacid. She says that this is a 7.5% sodium bicarbonate, so clearly this is not what is recommended. She says taht a compounding pharmacy may have something different, but that she has never heard of 16.8% sodium bicarbonate. What should I do? I just got this prescription filled yesterday. The prescribing physician is her pulmonologist. Should I ask him to prescribe something different for her? What is the better solution for my almost 4 month old (1 month old adjusted)? She gets breast milk, mostly bottle fed, and it is thickened with Simply Thick. She does fine with feeding and will als breast feed, but has more reflux when doing so. Would another form of Prevacid be better for her? Or another drug all together? The pharmacist has heard of Zegerid and says that she has some adults on it, but no children/babies, and olny has the capsules, not the packets. Thanks so much for your advice!

[Anonymous]

Hi I am new to this forum. I have a 15 week old preemie, 4 weeks adjusted, who is on compounded Prevacid for reflux. When she was in NICU, they gave her meds to her in her bottle of breastmilk and told us to do the same (about 40ccs), twice a day. So, since discharge 1 1/2 months ago, we have been giving it to her exactly that way, during her 6 o’clock feedings. I just found out that she is supposed to be getting it on an empty stomach and by itself from another preemie mom either 1/2 hour before feeding or 2 1/2 hours after feeding. I can’t believe that they told us differently in NICU. No wonder my baby is still having reflux issues. My question is, for compounded Prevacid, should it be flavored? If so, what flavor works best? Is there anything else that I should know about it? Our pharmacy puts an expiration date on for 30 days, but I have seen some posts that it is only good for 2 weeks. Which should it be? Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

I have always shed and agree with Laurie that being pregnant was AWESOME because I never shed! I don’t think I EVER had to clean the drain out in the shower!! I started shedding really badly after having Sarah and it got worse once I stopped breastfeeding (4 months). My hair dresser said it takes up to a year for your hormones to balance out and return to normal. At least that gives you something to look forward to!!??

[Anonymous]

Ok, so I was reading on another site, made by an RN who has a book titled “MSPI Guidebook/Cookbook” (http://www.mspiguide.com) that soy oils and lecithin are ok because they are fats. I seem to have heard this hear before, but I couldn’t find it exactly now that I’m looking, so it was good to see somewhere else too. I was considering ordering the book, but it seems like it’s more for women who are breastfeeding, recipes that they can eat. I may try to get it anyway since the guidebook part would be good I’m sure, but just getting this confirmation on the oils was good for me–should make finding a “safe” butter easier!

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the response. We are still having problems. The zantac did not work. I stopped giving it to him on Sunday after speaking with the on call pediatrician. He stated that it is most likely a food intolerance and the zantac would not help and rarely does even in cases of infant reflux. He stated that many doctors are too quick to point to acid reflux before looking to see if it is an intolerance. He either suggested the elimination diet or putting Ethan on formula.

I tried Good Start Supreme and for two days Ethan was doing well. Then the problems came back on Wednesday. I was back at my pediatrician on Thursday who advised me to try soy for three days. I will be back at the pediatrician on Monday. If soy does not work, they will have me switch to Nutramigen. His problems with crying during/after feeding do not seem as severe as when breastfeeding. He is not doing it every time he eats and I can put him on his back after he eats. If it is reflux, causing heartburn, I would think that he would cry every time he eats and would cry inconsolably which he does not. When he does cry, I can usually console him but he is clearly in discomfort.

Ethan’s gas has also reduced dramatically since stopping breastfeeding. I never drank milk and avoided broccoli and other gassy vegetables.

He is also gaining weight without a problems. In the last week, he gained 7 oz. However, he is only eating between 3-4 oz every 3-3.5 hours.

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much everyone, for the support and kind words.

Erica: I’m so sorry you had to throw out your breast milk. That must have been so hard. I’m sure it’s hard because you probably never planned on having to give Griffin formula and give up breastfeeding & that special connection with him. I think that’s one thing that makes it so hard for me to give it up is that I hoped to never have to give my babies formula. With Bryce and his need of a liquid diet for so long its just nearly impossible to keep giving him breast milk until he’s off the feeding tube.

Therese: Thanks. I think you’re exactly right. It’s been a big part of my life with Bryce and a connection I’ve had with him, and now there’s that gap.

Lori: Yes, I definitely have more free time… the best part is being able to sleep in a little longer. It still hard to give it up though. Like you said it was something that I was able to do for Bryce when there were so many things out of my control.

Kathleen: Thanks so much for the encouraging words. It really helps just talking to people who understand.

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone. My daughter Turi, is now 4 and a half months old. When she was six weeks old, we rushed her to the hospital because we thought that she was having seizures. She would stiffen up her arms and legs, her bottom of her face would go straight (like a grimace) and then she would scream in pain after wards. She also was making some really wierd ‘snorting’ noises, and she was constantly catching her breath, like you do after a big cry???? Anyways, they could not find anything wrong with her after being in the hospital for three days, all MRI’s and EEG’s came back normal. And we brought her home. She was perfect up until June 24th, when she was just over four months old. She started with just a very big, and it seemed that she was in pain, and just cried and cried. That day, she started with these same “Seizures” again, but this time wasnt crying out in pain, and not really stiffening her body up so much. These were occuring every few minutes. And she still had the same ‘snorting’ noises. I went with her to my neighbors, and she suspected that it was gas issues. Turi had lots of gas and was burping and she settled right down, but still had the face stiffening and the noises. The next day, she was perfect. I stayed up with her all night just to make sure that she kept breathing. All was well since. Three days ago, she started screaming, appeared to be in pain, and this all started again. However, she did not poop that day, and we could hear her insides just churning. And it seemed like everytime she had one of these episodes, which ranged sometimes once every two minutes, to once every ten minutes, right afterwards she would have a burp. Her stomach felt very hard, so I tried a suppository on her, which did nothing, until the next morning when she finally had a huge crap, and it was a normal poop, the ‘seedy’ breastfed ones, earlier this week they were very dark….I had tried to put a bit of formula in her breastmilk, and I’m sure that affected her poop, and possibly her guts. When she originally was in the hospital a few months ago, the idea of “reflux” was brought up to us, that this might have caused the episodes.

We took her to a neurologist today, and showed her the video of what was occuring with her yesterday, and she mentioned infantile spasm, but yet said that it didnt ‘match’ alot of her symptoms. Plus she also said that Turi is very overdeveloped for a baby her age. She also said the same for seizures, that it just all doesnt add up. Can anyone help me?? My husband and I are just so scared….and dont know where to look for help because we are not wanting to ‘overthink’ this. We went back to the hospital for another EEG, and all came back perfect, no signs of any seizures or infantile spasm. The neurologist said that now that they ‘think’ it may have something to do with her insides, possibly reflux. We are just at our wits end, trying to figure out WHAT is wrong with her, and why she does these ‘episodes’ with her face and body, and breathing, for at least 24 hours when this hits her. I am breastfeeding, pumping and making bottles. However, I always have about 2 litres of milk pumped, which I then mix all together and make up her bottles for the next day or two. So anything that I may have ate, would be SO diluted by using this method of doing her bottles. And she has at least 12 five ounce bottles of the exact same milk…so if something was bothering her, would not ALL the bottles then affect her?? It just doesnt make sense, and we really want our little girl to be ‘ok’. But we have no info on reflux, and how babies react to it.

When I found this site, I was hoping that someone can help me. I’m not sure how easy it is to read the replies on here, but you could also email me at dbjohnson@mts.net

Thank you SO very much in advance for your replies!!

Brenda

[Anonymous]

My 9 week old is breastfed and has reflux. He has some wheezing at times so they sent him for a swallowing test. It showed that he aspirated on one of his gulps. He has been thriving and gaining well and is happy; however, they are telling me I need to thicken his feedings which means an end to the nursing. I am getting conflicting advice and have been told by some that the little bit of breast milk will not hurt. Anyone know?

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I’m feeling kind of sad and know that you will all tell me that it’s okay and my dh will look at me strange if I go to him with this…..

I had to throw away my breastmilk today and it’s a long time coming thing I had to do. When I first had to switch Owen to formula my doc said “oh, don’t throw it away, you may use it later” but in my mind I knew I didn’t want to even go there after all we had been through.

There was certainly a lot of it and it was just taking up room, but I worked very hard for it all……. Crazy!

I had been looking at it in the freezer thinking I should pitch it for some time now, but today I just went through with it. Why is it that I feel like I have somehow failed as a mother b/c of not being able to BF??? My child is finally healthy….. I should be overjoyed!

I wasn’t able to donate, I did look into that b/c I take a daily med and the milk has to be med free.

I’m really very pleased with where Owen is right now, I just never went through this with Griffin, I got to choose when I was done breastfeeding!

Thanks for listening!!!

[Anonymous]

Oh, my. I do remember those horrible days when they just won’t eat and you know they just have to be hungry. Is she still wetting some diapers? You have to really watch for dehydration when they get to the point where they are eating so little. Monday may as well be an eternity away when things are so bad. I really feel for you.

If you did end up in the hospital before Monday it might turn out to be a good thing. The doctors will see that something is most certainly wrong and that something must be done. Babies don’t refuse food unless something is wrong.

You could try spoon feeding her if she just won’t take a bottle. I know it sounds weird, but I had to spoon feed my son breast milk for a long time. It’s time consuming and messy but it works for some babies.

Yes, babies do just smile and talk at nothing or no one. They are having happy thoughts and feeligns. My daugher used to coo and coo and smile like crazy at our ceiling light fixtures. We used to joke that she was seeing angels up there, but who knows, maybe she was.

I will say a prayer for your little sweetie.

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble feeding your little one. I agree with the others- I’d try a PPI if you think he’s having reflux pain. My daughter started off with pain right from the start, and feeding her became gradually harder until she developed an aversion to both bottle/breast and solids. Our MANY docs all told us that she was fine b/c she was gaining weight. It wasn’t true.

[hellbennt]

for something like tomatoes, it takes 2 to 5 hours

I could not eat tomatoes when breastfeeding Jonah

he was not MSPI, but from doing the TED, I found certain foods that affected him

if you try tomatoes again (do it in the morning, lol) and then after the feeding that is 3-5 after you’ve eaten them he reacts, I’d say it’s the tomatoes

that’s how I figured it out…

hellbennt2007-07-17 09:05:37

[Anonymous]

Hi, everyone. This is my first post, though I’ve been reading here for quite awhile.

Some background– My son is just about 4 months old and has mild reflux and MFPI. I’m breastfeeding and on a fairly limited diet. Though his symptoms aren’t gone completely with my diet changes, he’s much improved and it seems to be controlled for the time being.

In the first few weeks of his life, my husband and I swaddled him and put him in the swing to sleep. He did really well with it– at two months he even did a few nights with 7 hour stretches! (So we know he’s capable!) About a month ago, though, we started to try to put him in the bassinet (which is set on an incline)– and things went downhill. He started waking up much more often and would cry for hours at a time when we tried to put him back to bed (after nursing). So we went back to the swing so that we could all get some sleep. But we really want him to be able to sleep in the bassinet/crib, without being swaddled, and soon– for lots of reasons! Primarily, I’m reading that “motion sleep” does not allow him to achieve the deep sleep he needs in order to truly be rested. I also feel like he’s unsafe being swaddled still as he’s strong and can get out of it.

So, here are my questions: First, what should my priority be– getting him into the bassinet or out of the swaddling? Second, how do I do it?!? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

[Anonymous]

Is there anything besides Mylanta to use as a buffer for the Zegerid? Do you absolutely have to have a buffer? I give it in one ounce of breastmilk along with the mylanta right now.

I have not had any dairy (including hidden dairy) for almost 2 weeks now.

Actually, the straining I mentioned does appear to be painful for him. He cries/struggles in much the same way as he did with feedings before the Zegerid.