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@debshirl So well said!! Thank you thank you. I will use your wording in my report to the charge nurse. And I’m so sorry your LO had to go through that. Big Pharma (Abbot Industries in our case) really has their hands in the NICU/pediatric pots, and it’s sad that staff are brainwashed to push...

@pattoh Wow. Just wow. And I’m sorry you too felt betrayal. 100 days is crazy. Good for you for being the squeaky wheel to your GI. It’s hard enough having to let go the care of our precious LOs, much less feeling like they’re withholding key info that would make our babies’ well-being and the...

@versesvsvices Thank you. Yes “nurse with an agenda” is exactly it! I didn’t even know there was a NICU nutritionist available to chat with. The lactation consultants have been hounding me about breastfeeding so I got more than earful about that, which I’m keeping up with religiously … so it’s...

@nathaneharvey Thank you. The nurse claimed she didn’t check the fridge thoroughly and didn’t see that I had plenty of supply. Even still, doctors orders are to default to donor, not formula. My son just turned 33 weeks old. She was telling me to get used to putting him on formula as this was...

@patrickmiller Thank you so much for clarifying. I will be sure my consent is documented and to keep using the original EBM/DBM combo we originally requested. The nurse said she was stressed at the end of her 8 hr shift and didn’t check the fridge well, so thought I didn’t have any breastmilk...

@patrickmiller BLESS YOU. 💕 Thank you for your unique perspective!! And for letting me know what’s in my rights, and yes degrading indeed but more disturbingly how distraught and hungry he was by 6p from not being able to absorb anything from the 3p formula feed. Does your hospital ever mix...

@corhi26 yes, thank you! I did and later found she wasn’t even operating according to doctor’s orders.

@trainando I am so sorry you all are going through this. Sending much compassion. Thank you for sharing your story. What was an ideal weight gain? Might mixing fortified milk with your breastmilk make it more palatable for her?

@dougpin Good thoughts. I was only just going to tell the charge nurse, but maybe I should tell the whole team.

@jsheaven Thank you for sharing your story, and I’m so sorry you weren’t given any options either. This too is my first birth, my water broke early, I was in hospital for 3 weeks before he was born at 31+5 weeks, and DBM was discussed but formula wasn’t. You’re right. It’s hard enough trying to...

@eb3 Ah thanks for both perspectives! Glad to hear your little ones don’t have an issue either way.

@eb3 LOL. Ok, I appreciate the heads up about preference! Is it ok to mix the two in one bottle? Also, my son is also on 90 min feeds. Makes our stays at NICU super long, and I go 2x a day, so essentially 4 hours at NICU every day. Haven’t yet figured out how to get regular naps and walks and...

@eb3 Do you suspect their reflux had to do with the fortification? Or cause they were still developing? They slowed down his feeds from 40 to 90 minutes and he stopped vomiting, at least until they dumped a whole bolus of pure formula (low-fat cow’s milk and GMO corn syrup solids).

@aaron57 Thank you for this! So helpful. And yes, I appreciate the commiserating on the unrealistic pumping schedule. Great rec. I seem to average 5-6 pumps and getting 6-7 hours sleep (and a nap when I can fit it in) actually seems to increase production too.

@belinda02 This is great advice. Thank you, I will tell the charge nurse. I found out later THERE WERE NO DOCTOR’S ORDERS to switch or “transition” to formula. She either made a mistake and tried to cover it up, or she straight up decided to go against our wishes and feed him formula of her own...

@denman Wow. Brava to you!! You and your thoroughness are inspiring. Following and cheering you on. No answers to your great questions, but I hear you on feeling discouraged with the drop. It may be time to consider letting go of outcomes a bit, and lean further into self-compassion and...

@belinda02 Thanks for this consideration. Yeah, his weight gain is just fine. This is great. Thank you. I requested no formula until we can assess his weight gain and my milk supply in a week. They said it wasn’t a shortage issue of donor milk, just to get him accustomed in case I run out of my...

@straykat Great points. And thanks for prioritizing them!

@straykat Thank you. He just turned 33 weeks. Yes, I’d requested this, that they slowly add it to my milk, and only if my milk wasn’t there … and the nurse agreed. Then an hour later after I left, she did the exact opposite and dumped a whole 35mm bolus in his gut, which he threw up and gave...

@dichthuatsaigon Thanks! Yes, he’s getting human milk fortifier added to my breastmilk. But they dumped 35ml of an entire bolus of what they call “isolated feed” of formula in one go, despite my wishes to mix things and incorporate slowly, if even needed at all.