| Dear all,
sorry for the late reply, was busy running around to see peds and specialists.
Thanks for the info Sarah.
Barb, we saw Dr. Man and other peds, they all said my son's case is not that serious to have a frenetomy, and also it's a bit late (4 mos) for him to re-learn feeding again.
Honkyblues, thank you so much for your sharing. You are a great mum with lots of courage and patience. You are right, tongue-tie is inherited, my husband is slightly tongue-tied. He has problem pronouncing "s" and "th" but without the classical heart shape tongue like our son.
I've tried holding my breast with the free hand, it has improved a bit but bub still keeps unlatching and pulling my nipple at the same time, it hurts sooo much. He can never concentrate during nursing, 5 mins is the maximum and he never empties my breast even nursing only on one side. About his weight gain, different peds have different opinions. One says it's fine as long as he's putting on weight on his own curve(merely meet 25%), while the other urges me to help him gaining weight, or changing to a more "nutritious" formula, like S26.
Problem is my son hates any plastic in the mouth, so no bottle, no pacifier. He would rather starve himself if i leave home for a few hours.
Last week I saw my lactation consultant and she said I have yeast infection which may be the cause of blocked ducts. She gave me Diflucan, a bottle of nutribiotic and lactobacillus. I was not at ease to take Diflucan without any priscription, so I went to see an ob/gy in Central for a vaginal swap test and seek advice.
To my great disappointment, first thing he said was "why do you still breast feed him at 4 mos?" He also said the breast milk does not have enough iron, vitamin and protein, and I should start giving bub those brand ready to eat jar food. He then called his ped and asked his opinion. I couldn't hear what the ped said on the phone but I was pretty sure that he just confirmed that BF is recommended for the 1st 6 mos as the ob changed his attitude to like "it's up to you if you want to continue BF your son, but the pros of the yeast infection do not justify the cons"
I was really shocked and left with no words. He also suspect me having a systemic candidaisis, so he refered me to a dermatologist.
I haven't seen the dermatologist yet but my concerns are,
-if I have yeast infection in the breast(got all the symptoms), does the milk contain yeast? If yes, is it safe for the baby?
-my bub has this white patch on his tongue n ped says it's probably yeast infection too. He's taking Nystatin. Does he have pain when he suckles which makes him fussy on the breast?
-should i stop bf until the yeast is gone?
Sorry for the long post but as a new mum and all these problems coming up one after next, I'm really tired and frustrated. Any advice are appreciated.  |