>Hallo---  Can someone tell me the agent in breastmilk that binds to
>bilirubin? Or the mechanism by which this works?


Can't answer that, sorry, Jana.....

>Just responding to
>someone's concerns the other day--her OB told her that breastfeeding babies
>have more jaundice. ($%:?#!!!!!!)


....but that is true!

Breastfed babies certainly do have a higher incidence of jaundice.

There is  a school of thought that a certain amount of neonatal 
jaundice is physiological, but I am not sure if there are any studies 
showing that bf babies fed responsively and often are at equally 
higher risk.

Someone here will know :)

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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