Nancy Wight posted:

<< The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) will have a
 draft policy on glucose screening and treatment available soon.  It agrees
 with the WHO Review of the literature noted before. >>

Soon, please SOON!  There's an epidemic of hypoglycemia (at least in the
Chicago western suburbs), and babies are being fed formula IN THE DELIVERY
ROOM because of a glucose below 40 shortly (immediately??) after birth.
Scary.  No, don't ask me why they aren't immediately put to breast instead.
We all know there is "nothing" in the breasts until the "milk comes in."

sigh.

Jan Barger who would love to move to a warm climate, and who isn't admitting
(today) where she really does live.