With the second one, because there was complications I had to have an emergency C-Section, he wasn't breathing when he was born so, they just took him, took him away for an hour, I didn't know whether it was a boy or girl or if he was alive, and they were running around trying to resuscitate the baby but it took an hour after he was born, for him to latch onto the breast, but I was reading something which it said, “Once a baby's born it's important that the first hour they latch on” so I was really like concerned that he wasn't gonna get onto the breast on time, because it says the first hour. And, so I, because they took him away I thought it was going to take hours and hours before they brought him back and when they did bring him back they said to me that his glucose was low so they had to give him fake milk, that's what I call it fake milk. So I didn't understand why they had to give him milk that wasn't from me basically, so I asked them, “Why can't I give him breastmilk?” And they said it would be better for him if he had fake milk and I said, “oh I think it would be better for him if he has his Mum's milk and I would like him to latch on because it's been an hour already as it is”. You know, it was getting a bit ridiculous and I really wanted him to latch on, so they just gave him to me and he latched on straightaway.
What sort of response did you get when you were strong and telling them what you wanted?
Well they just thought it was best, that he, they gave him fake milk and put him somewhere, and I thought it was best for him to stay with me and to have the breastmilk because everybody knows when a baby's sick breastmilk is the best thing to give them and that. It's good for everything, rashes [laughs], colds, so I always use breastmilk. |
