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If your baby had pyloric stenosis...

gina0485gina0485 member
in January 2014 Moms
What age did the symptoms onset? Did it start as spit up then progress to projectile? Any other symptoms your LO had? Did they need surgery?

Background: DH had it and had surgery at 4 weeks. All first born males on my mothers side had it and it surgery. My son is 16 days today and just recently began to spit up periodically (has never spit up before). He gets pumped breast milk. Worried that this could be the start of it so I am monitoring him at this point. My MIL has further scared the bejesus out of me by telling me that DH could not be sedated for the surgery due to his premature birth and age (he was 3 weeks early). Austin was born 2 weeks early.
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Due Date 11/10/16
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Re: If your baby had pyloric stenosis...

  • LabPupLuvLabPupLuv member
    No experience but I really hope he doesn't have it!
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  • moosebaby2011moosebaby2011 member
    I don't have any personal experience either, but one of DH's friends had pyloric stenosis as a baby with a similar family history where all the first born males in the family were affected. However, DH's friend's first child (a boy) did not end up having it.

    I really hope that your DS is just experiencing normal run-of-the-mill spit up!
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  • ChuggingWaterChuggingWater member
    DS1 had it. I'm on mobile and nursing.

    Do you mind if I get on my laptop later to post more?
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  • ChuggingWaterChuggingWater member
    Okay, really quick. If he has it, he will have to have surgery.

    The spitting up was explosive and projectile
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  • teacher0708teacher0708 member
    My DS had it. For him it started when he was 2 weeks old. He projectile vomited and had no wet diapers. He projectile vomited after every feeding.  He became dehydrated. He had to have surgery and still spit up a bit until we introduced solids. The recovery was fast. It is just a tiny incision.
    My dr says it can show in the first 6 weeks sometimes later. 
    Just watch for dehydration. 

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  • gina0485gina0485 member
    @chuggingwater no of course I don't mind! If you get time later, I'd appreciate more details
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  • ChuggingWaterChuggingWater member
    I'm wordy! Of course I'll post more. ;)
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  • ChuggingWaterChuggingWater member
    DS1 was diagnosed at 8 weeks, and that is *extremely* late for pyloric stenosis to be diagnosed.  By the time they finally caught it, the surgeon said that it was the worst case that he had ever performed surgery on.

    DS1 would spit up, and then it got progressively worse and worse.   Projectile, smelly, acidic, and it looked painful.  He would often vomit more than an entire feeding.  I think the projectile started at about two weeks.   The doctor told us to switch formulas, so we did that.  Then we were told to switch again.    Then we were told that new parents often over exaggerate.   (Needless to say, we don't use that practice anymore!)

    He was born May 30, and by July 4th, even other people commented on how much volume he would vomit.  A few days after that he weighed the most, at 8 lbs 10 oz (being born at 7 lbs 6 oz).  By the time he was admitted to the hospital at 8 weeks, he had dropped to 7lbs 7 oz.

    The doctors finally took me seriously when I called them and said LISTEN MOTHEREFFERS.  (Okay, that is a hyperbole.)  But, I told them that my kid hadn't had any weight diapers in 48 hours.  That finally made them take me seriously.  He was extremely dehydrated, his eyes were sunken in, lethargic, poor skin color, and the blood work showed that his potassium (and other electrolytes) were in extreme seizure levels.

    We had to wait 48 hours past admittance (with no food) for his electrolytes to stabilize before doing surgery.  

    Does that answer your questions?   


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  • gina0485gina0485 member
    @chuggingwater yes. I'm sorry your son was so ill; that's terrible that he got that bad.
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  • FredV45FredV45 member
    Gina, the best way to find out about PS is via the web: there's so much info there. Symptoms can start any time in the first months, but most start between 3 weeks and 3 months. PS can start slowly so that it's not easy to diagnose for several weeks, and it can become life threatening in just a few days. I had my op when only 10 days old and some have it sooner than that. The clearest signs are: forceful vomits, no or very little poop adirtynd wet nappies /diapers, and weight loss. Mild cases don't become life-threatened and can be treated with medication. It's true that before about 1990 many infant surgeries were done without general anesthetic as esp in the US it was believed babies don't remember pain. Plus, babies under 2 years react differently to anesthetic drugs than older people and this area of science was a late developer. Surgery with local, alcohol or no pain relief has affected many people in later life, but today almost all PS and more major surgery is done with full anesthetic and good pain management. Check your doctor is working in a pediatric equipped hospital and that he works with the tiny incisions that are common but not universal now. Hope all goes well.
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