I have pneumonia, but I am exclusively
breastfeeding and Brianne won't take a
bottle... She hasn't eaten in like 8
hours... the doctor told me not to feed
her from the breast until I talk to her
doc... but she won't eat... The e-r gave
me steri masks to cover my face so I can
hold her but I desperately bneed to feed
her... what do I do? It's 3:30 in the
morning here and I can't call her doc...
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Bridget
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Posted: 04-28-07 08:52am
you probably could've called her doctor.
my son was sick in the middle of the night
once and we called his answering service
and they had the on-call doctor call us
back (and he sounded like he'd just woken
up).
how's she doing now? i hope you've gotten
some help by now! i'd think that if she
got hungry enough she'd take the bottle,
but i really don't know.
i hope you get better soon!
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megums1211
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 883 Location: Ohio
Posted: 04-29-07 17:32pm
well, I ended up just calling her
answering service and they connected me to
her so I told her what was going on (she
sounded like she just woke up too. lol)
and she said that the very small chance of
her getting my infection through the milk
did not outweigh the severity of
dehydration so she told to wear my mask
(they gave me one at the e-r)wash my hands
and then purell them and to go ahead and
feed her. Things are better now. My fever
went down to about 99.5 and she's happy at
the breast again man, pneumonia is
one nasty b*tch! My fever was up at 102.7
at one point and my heart rate accelerated
to 157 bpm!!!
man, pneumonia is
one nasty b*tch! My fever was up at 102.7
at one point and my heart rate accelerated
to 157 bpm!!!