Hi all:

I recently went to a seminar on feeding the high risk infant.  Although there
was an excellent presentation by an LC, some of the rest of the info was
disappointing to me.
At one point a statement was made that I'd like your thoughts on.  The
presenters stated that for babies who were cocaine-exposed in utero, it was
important to feed water or other "neutral" hydrolizers, but not to give milk
feeds because there may be some necrotic tissues which the *fermenting* milk
would compromise, allowing NEC to set in.  I raised my hand and made the
point that that while that may certainly be true with ABM, I didn't see how
breastmilk, a physiologic and living tissue would ferment, besides the fact
that it has NEC preventative and healing properties.
She assured me that I am wrong.  I forgot to leave my card for her to send
documentation.
Any of you know which one of us is correct?
Nancy