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What Causes Less Body Weight In A Premature Baby?
Question: Hello sir,
My wife gave birth premature baby girl during 33-34 month pregnancy. After that my daughter is admitted in NICU ,in baby bacterial infection was found, after 14 days antibiotic treatment , baby was discharged. During hospitilization MRI was done , in mri report complete agenesis of corpus callosum was found. After 12 days, baby was again admitted in NICU due to bacterial infection , right now baby is cured after 21 days antibiotic treatment, but problem is baby is not gaining weight. Baby is near to complete 3 month but baby weight is not proper as per requirement. Our doctor, trying hard but exact he is unable to get exact dignos
Therfore i request you to please guide n help us to save our baby.
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My wife gave birth premature baby girl during 33-34 month pregnancy. After that my daughter is admitted in NICU ,in baby bacterial infection was found, after 14 days antibiotic treatment , baby was discharged. During hospitilization MRI was done , in mri report complete agenesis of corpus callosum was found. After 12 days, baby was again admitted in NICU due to bacterial infection , right now baby is cured after 21 days antibiotic treatment, but problem is baby is not gaining weight. Baby is near to complete 3 month but baby weight is not proper as per requirement. Our doctor, trying hard but exact he is unable to get exact dignos
Therfore i request you to please guide n help us to save our baby.
XXXX
YYYY@YYYY
Brief Answer:
Exclusive breast feed should be given upto 6 months of age.
Detailed Answer:
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Congratulations on having a baby. I understand that it has been quite stressful for you while the child was in NICU. The child needs time to cope up. You need to exclusively breast feed your baby. Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Although formula feeds might help in better weight gain, they are no match for breast milk. The benefits of breast milk are far greater, especially for a preterm child. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
Breast milk also takes care of immunity against common ailments like cough and cold, and diarrhea. So, automatically your worries would be reduced.
Let me know if you have further queries.
Regards
Exclusive breast feed should be given upto 6 months of age.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
Congratulations on having a baby. I understand that it has been quite stressful for you while the child was in NICU. The child needs time to cope up. You need to exclusively breast feed your baby. Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Although formula feeds might help in better weight gain, they are no match for breast milk. The benefits of breast milk are far greater, especially for a preterm child. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
Breast milk also takes care of immunity against common ailments like cough and cold, and diarrhea. So, automatically your worries would be reduced.
Let me know if you have further queries.
Regards
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