I was so nervous to nurse in the ER yesterday. My ds got the stomach flu and became very dehydrated. So I took him to the local children's hospital. I was worried they were going to say I couldn't nurse him. I know breastmilk is considered a clear liquid, but I wasn't sure if they would. I was also nervous about still nursing my 2 year old. I had nothing to worry about. I actually had a wonderful experience. We had 5 nurses helping us. Each one was wonderful about nursing. They all complimented me on still nursing. They also said how nice it was for my ds to be getting such great nutruition... Even the dr. were impressed we were still nursing.
After 1 bag of IV fluids went in, Haak was able to nurse and keep it down. He nursed for 1/2 hour. I was so thursty, so I asked one of the nurses for some water. She said, "don't you want some milk?" I said, "no water is fine". She said "you need to drink milk to make milk". I just laughed, I think some of the breastfeeding myths are funny.
Beth