We had three visits to Children's this week. The great news is that all of Abi's bloodwork and tests continue to come back "normal." The not so great news is that she's only gained one ounce in 3 weeks. What we learned this week - 1) Her markers indicated that she most likely doesn't have inflammation in her intestines, which was where we thought we were headed for testing - yay!; 2) No one can tell us why she still isn't gaining weight; 3) We are starting her on a double concentration formula to water ratio; 4) I am starting an elimination diet (meaning, not eating the top 8 allergens - dairy, soy, wheat, eggs, nuts, fish, shellfish, corn) and continuing to pump; 5) We wait and watch for two more weeks; 6) Abi still is as happy as can be. Overall great news, but I am struggling not knowing what is going on...and it's going to be a challenge to eliminate all of those things from my diet. The theory is that my breast milk is more caloric than the formula (so she's not getting enough calories with formula)...but because there was blood in her stool there still is something in my milk causing her not to absorb nutrients. So, by eliminating the biggest triggers from my diet, and then giving her fortified breast milk...we are creating the optimal environment for her to gain. Since it takes somewhere between one and two weeks for one's body to completely remove food from the system, in two weeks my breast milk will be "pure."
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