Hello!
I have a 4 week old (2nd baby) born at 37 weeks plus 3 by cesarean due to repeat hypoglycaemia from the placenta dying off.
She was 9lb4oz at birth, hba1c during pregnancy was 45-52.
She was in icu for 3 days having oxygen (had fluid on her lungs from cesarean) and they had her on a drip and then tube feeds. I think they were a bit over cautious with her as her bs was only low at birth and never after that. With both my babies, my experience is that they have no idea about type 1 diabetes and very rare to get a type 1 mum in. So they err on the side of caution with everything (nothing wrong with that)
However, my daughter lost 9.7% of her birth weight once she came to me and solely being breastfed. She has since then only put on an average of 10g per day (they want 25-35g per day) and is still not back to birth weight.
When the health visitor came, she did all her measurements and she was 75th centile for everything so perfectly in proportion. She feeds well, is content, good colour and plenty of wet and dirty nappies.
My feeling is that she was born "too big" and has lost the weight to be where she should be, and so that is why she is slow to gain the weight back.
It's just frustrating that they have an obsession over birth weight and have to tick that box despite the clinical history and mothers scenario.
My question is, has anyone had a similar experience or know of newborns of type 1 mums that lose a lot of weight as they were born pretty big?!
I have a 4 week old (2nd baby) born at 37 weeks plus 3 by cesarean due to repeat hypoglycaemia from the placenta dying off.
She was 9lb4oz at birth, hba1c during pregnancy was 45-52.
She was in icu for 3 days having oxygen (had fluid on her lungs from cesarean) and they had her on a drip and then tube feeds. I think they were a bit over cautious with her as her bs was only low at birth and never after that. With both my babies, my experience is that they have no idea about type 1 diabetes and very rare to get a type 1 mum in. So they err on the side of caution with everything (nothing wrong with that)
However, my daughter lost 9.7% of her birth weight once she came to me and solely being breastfed. She has since then only put on an average of 10g per day (they want 25-35g per day) and is still not back to birth weight.
When the health visitor came, she did all her measurements and she was 75th centile for everything so perfectly in proportion. She feeds well, is content, good colour and plenty of wet and dirty nappies.
My feeling is that she was born "too big" and has lost the weight to be where she should be, and so that is why she is slow to gain the weight back.
It's just frustrating that they have an obsession over birth weight and have to tick that box despite the clinical history and mothers scenario.
My question is, has anyone had a similar experience or know of newborns of type 1 mums that lose a lot of weight as they were born pretty big?!