21 years old
first baby
almost 2 days old
41 weeks
2.8kg
preeclampsia
high blood pressure in delivery
HELLPS syndrome – high enzyme low platelet during delivery
separated from baby for one day after delivery due to recovery
baby was getting bottle of formula
just had (prior to my coming) ~25-30cc and just a few cc of colostrum prior to that
hand expressed and milk was dark brown – nurses had told her to expect that
, slightly far apart and very flat chested, small nipples and no areola
regular period every 35 days since 13 years old
baby would only latch on mothers left breast and was very hard to get her to latch on the right side. and it was also hard to assist getting baby on the breast because there wasn't a lot of tissue to grab.
expressed colostrum and showed how
Showed how to get as deep a latch as possible
after many attempts baby finally latched on both sides well
went over breastfeeding management