Exactly! What if this mom hadn't had close follow-up and continued to think things were doing great. Then the headlines read breastfed baby starved to.....or whatever and BF gets blamed again. A mother with obvious signs needs a warning of why close follow-up is so important in her situation. Not just that it's a nice thing to do. Sorry, I'm for disclosure. Pat in SNJ >I recently saw a mother with 3 days old baby (36 wk). The mother thought >that breastfeeding was going great, milk came in and she was feeding every >3 h ( she was instructed to do this way in a hospital by lactation >consultant). > The baby was jaundiced, sleepy and lost 9.5 % from birth weight. Guess, > what I saw when mother started breastfeeding? Hypoplasia, probably one of > the worst cases I ever saw. I understand, that there were other factors as > prematurity. But this mother was never told anything. She was sure they > are doing great, baby nursed and did not cry. It was a long visit... And I > needed to explain to them what was going on. We started to supplement at > the breast and baby needed bili blanket. Mother rented a pump and started > herbs. > I work for pediatric office, where we (IBCLCs) see every breastfeeding > mother a day or two after discharge from a hospital. We saw this mother > and baby 4 times. She continue to breastfeed with supplement. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome