She's well after being born at 35 w

[Socalledchaos119]

Baby Isabella Grace was born today at 2:58pm.  At 35 weeks she weighed 6lbs 1oz and was 19 3/4 inches.  She is doing well and did not need time in the NICU.  I'm starting my own recovery after the ICP liver condition of pregnancy and preeclaimsa induction and I have to say I'm very proud of myself because I did it with no epidural! :). I do however now have some breastfeeding questions I also posted in the breastfeeding forum, but thought I'd post here too.

I just had a baby less then 6 hrs ago at 35 weeks.  She is doing great, no niccu.  She is very very sleepy as to be expected.  We tires to bf after delivery but it wasn't really possible cause she was very tired from them giving me stadal.  She had low blood sugar in nursery so they gave her 8cc of formula 5 hrs ago.  Tried offering the breast again when they just brought her to me, but she was still sleepy so lactation nurse said oh well we tried.  Any tips on what I can do or should do I would love to hear.  How long will she stay so sleepy?  How do I get her to try to latch and suck at all?  Will I fail cause she is so early?  I'm new at this and feel quite lost any advice please! :)

[StillTrying101]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

[KeyD]

my DD didn't have an apetite til day3, it worried me since she wouldn't nurse but after she decided she was hungrey things went fine. good luck

[Misssarah04]

Don't give up if bf is what you really want to do!  I don't have much advice to offer. Seems like your lactation consultant wasn't very helpful. Maybe they have another?

[zazou]

COngrats and what a beautiful name you have there for your daughter :-) So glad she's not in NICU and that she's doing well, well done. It is great to do it the natural way, I did it with my daughter and that was an induction (due to PUPPP / suspected ICP), makes you feel proud and stronger!

Try to give her the breast again and again and again. Don't give up. They usually stay sleep the day they are born as it is exhausting for our little ones. Just try, my daughter wasn't born so early but kept on crying at the breast and eventually after two days got the point. I would recommend that you try and latch her on with the lactation nurse in your presence so she can tell you if you're doing it right. Hopefully everything will be fine.

Once again, well done and all the best, post some pics up!



So you were definately diagnosed with ICP? How were your liver enzyme levels? Elevated or normal? Mine were normal but they told me that it may remain normal until a few weeks following commencement of itching or perhaps may not be elevated at all.