Claire Wise
July 2021
Claire
Wise
,
RN
Ward 15, Paediatrics
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Coventry
United Kingdom
If I wasn't lucky enough to have Claire assigned to us that day, I would have gone home with all hopes of breastfeeding gone.
I'd like to thank Claire for the amazing support she provided for me and my daughter. She was admitted on day three with jaundice, high sodium, dehydration, and weight loss. I was breastfeeding but wasn't aware that she wasn't feeding effectively enough due to a poor latch as she had a tongue-tie.
On the first night, she was fed formula and switched to a bottle as I couldn't express enough for her. I was upset and disheartened and thought this was the end of me breastfeeding, and that bottle was my only option long term. The next morning, Claire was assigned to our care, and she spent so much time with us, observing the feeding, suggesting different positions of breast feeding, helped use shields to try and improve her latch, helped me to express and was genuinely putting all her efforts into helping me with the situation. There wasn't anything that was too much to ask Claire. Whenever I needed something or had a question or needed advice, Claire was there always with a friendly manner and smile. The passion and knowledge she has around breastfeeding made me feel so at ease and the level of care and attention she gave us that day was amazing.
I was already looking into getting my daughter's tongue-tie division done privately and, after speaking with Claire, she recommended someone I could go to two days after being discharged. We had the procedure done and now, five days later, my daughter is exclusively breastfeeding really well and is healthy and putting weight on. This is down to Claire. If I wasn't lucky enough to have Claire assigned to us that day, I would have gone home with all hopes of breastfeeding gone and stuck to bottle feeding as no one else gave me the slight chance of hope that I could breastfeed going forward. The tongue-tie division was of course what has enabled my daughter to breastfeed, but it was the support and guidance, and care I received from Claire that actually made me put all my efforts in and not give up. She deserves a lot of praise and I'd like to thank her massively because if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be where I am now.
After having two babies at UHCW within the last three years, and with breastfeeding both my children, I've experienced firsthand how the support on breastfeeding varies so much depending on who is looking after you. Claire really wanted to help me with it all.
On the first night, she was fed formula and switched to a bottle as I couldn't express enough for her. I was upset and disheartened and thought this was the end of me breastfeeding, and that bottle was my only option long term. The next morning, Claire was assigned to our care, and she spent so much time with us, observing the feeding, suggesting different positions of breast feeding, helped use shields to try and improve her latch, helped me to express and was genuinely putting all her efforts into helping me with the situation. There wasn't anything that was too much to ask Claire. Whenever I needed something or had a question or needed advice, Claire was there always with a friendly manner and smile. The passion and knowledge she has around breastfeeding made me feel so at ease and the level of care and attention she gave us that day was amazing.
I was already looking into getting my daughter's tongue-tie division done privately and, after speaking with Claire, she recommended someone I could go to two days after being discharged. We had the procedure done and now, five days later, my daughter is exclusively breastfeeding really well and is healthy and putting weight on. This is down to Claire. If I wasn't lucky enough to have Claire assigned to us that day, I would have gone home with all hopes of breastfeeding gone and stuck to bottle feeding as no one else gave me the slight chance of hope that I could breastfeed going forward. The tongue-tie division was of course what has enabled my daughter to breastfeed, but it was the support and guidance, and care I received from Claire that actually made me put all my efforts in and not give up. She deserves a lot of praise and I'd like to thank her massively because if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be where I am now.
After having two babies at UHCW within the last three years, and with breastfeeding both my children, I've experienced firsthand how the support on breastfeeding varies so much depending on who is looking after you. Claire really wanted to help me with it all.