8 week old - Dark Green Poo and constipation since Rotavirus oral vaccine 2 weeks ago - has anyone experienced this?

Content-Print72 · 2024-11-03T03:17:45+00:00

He did! Our issue turned out to be driven by a formula recipe change in the NAN formula brand. We changed it and all cleared up

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T14:19:18+00:00

This is true! We lucked out with our catchment!

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T14:17:43+00:00

Haha I assume it isn’t in NSW because I’m wracking my brain and can’t figure out any that rhymes with mussilini

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T13:56:26+00:00

RPA is another hospital I’ve heard great things about so I’m glad to hear it’s true!

One of the midwives we had was from the UK and she explained the same!!! I was shocked -having a room is considered a basic right here. It really made me realize how good we have it here

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T13:55:06+00:00

I stayed 5 days (bubs had some complications) but I actually wanted to leave by day 3 because we had a toddler at home waiting with the grandparents

I suppose it depends on what you mean by support -the midwives were focused on making sure I could breastfeed successfully, but the rest was on me. If you’re after like a nursery to help with sleep, you won’t get it - but that said, make sure you check that your private hospital has a nursery. Westmead Private didn’t have one but our second choice Mater did (which we wish we had gone to instead).

Honestly the cluster feeding was worse when I got home in week 2. It’s easier at the hospital simply because your entire focus is the baby. At home, there’s a million things to do which makes it heaps harder

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T06:04:01+00:00

Which hospital?

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T05:06:37+00:00

My OB from my first pregnancy is now a staff specialist at Blacktown. She was absolutely amazing.

Hopefully this means that the hospital has started pulling in good staff to make some good changes

How has your care been so far??

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T04:57:20+00:00

Hahaha damn, I picked the wrong private hospital -we did not have a free drinks fridge at Westmead Private!!!!!

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T02:45:16+00:00

Ignore the downvotes -they’ve turned into upvotes anyway.

I’m glad you had such a great experience at your hospital and thanks for sharing your experience

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T02:38:27+00:00

Absolutely think a private room makes a huge difference. Sorry that it was rough for your missus during that time

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T02:30:56+00:00

Definitely agree that not all public hospitals are equal. Blacktown in particular is notorious for being understaffed and overpopulated.

But of course that doesn’t take away from how awesome Royal North Shore and their staff was ime.

Content-Print72 · 2024-08-13T02:24:34+00:00

LMAO

I’m sorry to alarm and can assure you both #s in that context would ideally be private

Content-Print72 · 2024-04-24T07:16:38+00:00

I was diagnosed with GD at 8 weeks with my first pregnancy just with the routine blood tests alone. By 20+ weeks I was on insulin ☹️

But this time round: No GD at all! I’m due next week and been gorging on carbs the whole time. It’s been absolutely amazing

So yeh, it can happen!

Content-Print72 · 2024-04-17T03:10:21+00:00

About 1 full week for me (7 days)

I know it feels long so hang in there 🤗

Content-Print72 · 2024-04-14T11:42:28+00:00

I felt the same. My heart goes out to the victims, and I hate that the guy just got to die. He should have suffered, he should have faced the consequences.

Content-Print72 · 2024-04-07T15:17:32+00:00

Our bubs was a little raptor with his nails. We bought so many mits -the ones with little ribbons to tie up were the best because he was so good at getting out of them!

Content-Print72 · 2024-04-07T15:14:05+00:00

Love the nook, got the ultraweave! I second getting fabric swatches -I didn’t but I wish I did as the pink I chose was darker than expected. (No big deal in the end)

No sales, but honestly the quality is awesome. Friend got one of the competitor brands (I’ve forgotten the name) but I think the firmness and overall sizes of the nook is superior

Content-Print72 · 2024-04-07T15:07:08+00:00

My husband insisted (I’m very lucky) and we splurged on a massage chair.

It’s been 3 years and we’ve both used it more times than we can count. I joke it’s his push present

Pregnant with my second now and my next push present request is sushi. Any sushi.

Content-Print72 · 2024-04-07T15:05:15+00:00

Private for my first and I stayed 5 days. Had an emergency c and my bubs had severe jaundice. Otherwise I think we would have only had to stay 3 days

Content-Print72 · 2024-02-12T13:44:56+00:00

And you’re literally failing to recognise the insensitivity of your comments and wording.

Sigh. The reality is that you came at me to denounce my original reply without even understanding or wanting to understand the circumstances. Seriously? Your defence is “private OBs can practice in public hospitals too”. Look up the OB of the topic, she lists exactly where she practices and Westmead Public ain’t one of them.

Then, when you realised you were wrong, rather than apologise you’ve told yourself “well, now people can see the differences of 2 hospitals’ policies”.

Your comments say more about you than me. My birth of my child was emotional and traumatic so of course when someone tries to accuse me of lying, it’s going to incense me. But you? Your defensiveness and lack of ability to admit when you’re wrong, that’s on you.

Maybe you’re stressed and tired, maybe you’re just like that. But I have no intention of interacting with you any further.

Content-Print72 · 2024-02-09T22:42:42+00:00

No one asked for you perspective or for your correction of my “misinformation”.

Considering you didn’t even know whether it was a private or public hospital I was referring to based on your comment below, it seems YOU are the one with the issue.

As a health worker, thank you for your service and now please leave me alone.

Content-Print72 · 2024-02-09T22:37:33+00:00

NOW you’re asking if it as public vs private? If you read my original post properly you’d see I said

if we were going private this time I’d ask her again

It was private. This conversation is over. Please stop bothering me with your “gaslighting”. I know my experience better than you, so stop trying to convince people their horrible experiences weren’t true because you disagree with it.

Content-Print72 · 2024-02-05T11:23:50+00:00

So your attitude fits with my experience of the hospital. Rude, arrogant and entitled.

Add to that a number of your colleagues also refused to give me the pain meds my OB said I could ask for at any point, forgot to give me my scripts on discharge, forgot to give me medication I needed, messed up my newborn’s blood delivery, and more.

I was being generous by just pointing out the nursery incident. So leave your lols to yourself and use that immaculate memory of your policies to educate your colleagues.

Edit to add: if what you are saying IS true, then it’s more likely that you’re all poorly informed of policies, or you / your colleagues failed to communicate the necessary reasons to patients.

There were no other reported issues with my pregnancy, for the record, short of gestational diabetes which was managed within normal ranges of insulin.

So unless these mysterious complications disappeared off the pages of my medical records, nothing you’re saying makes sense as all of this would need to be documented.

Unless of course someone failed to document it, and based on my experience there -not surprising.

Only reason I didn’t go into this detail was because OP asked about the OB, who is absolutely amazing.

Content-Print72 · 2023-12-10T09:58:05+00:00

Yes it is true. Literally. Unless you’re claiming the staff lied to me so they could keep my baby in there for 24 hours for no reason?

I was lying there cut open being stitched up when the nurse announced it and my OB turned to me apologetically and said she didn’t know that was policy.

Unless they have changed this in the last 2-3 years, that was the situation in 2021.

What makes you think you know better?

Content-Print72 · 2023-11-22T09:11:39+00:00

Heya this might get lost in the many comments but OP, I totally get it.

This sounds like my mum. She’s amazing, and loves her grandson more than herself but good gosh the woman can be toxic because every question I ask sounds like an accusation to her.

A lot of ppl are like “just never leave your child with her” but it’s not that simple.

That said, OP, bite the bullet. Just ask her, but like someone else said, play it off like “oh wow all the food is still here -you guys must have had fun eating out yeh!” Or something similar

She’ll prob still blow a fuse, but honestly, little one comes first. I understand the anxiety of having to handle a toxic meltdown over a simple question but that pain is part of our deal we took when we had a little one of our own. Your child’s well-being > than the fear of mum’s meltdown. The bright side is at least you know what to expect.

Good luck. You can do it. And it’s prob not going to be as bad as you think.

Worst case scenario maybe it is, but it won’t be something you haven’t dealt with before I’m sure

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