THe last one came through so badly I though I'd better post again so sorry:

In the same issue as the breastfeeding statement Pediatrics also has an
article on Breastfeeding the ELBW baby:
"Breastfeeding Infants Who Were Extremely Low Birth Weight"
by  Jo Ann Blaymore Bier, MD*; Anne E. Ferguson, MSOTR*; Yesenia Morales, BA;
Jill A. Liebling, MA; William Oh, MD*; and Betty R. Vohr,MD

"Results. The infants demonstrated a higher oxygen saturation and a higher
temperature during breastfeeding than during bottle feeding, and were less
likely to desaturate to <90% oxygen during breastfeeding. Mean weight gain
was=0Agreater during bottlefeeding than dur-ing breastfeeding (31 vs 9 g).

Conclusions. Breastfeeding the ELBW infant is desirable from a standpoint of
improved physiologic responses, but such practice requires breastfeeding
support
and possible supplementation to optimize weight gain."


You can find the entire text at:Pediatrics 1997;100(6). URL:
http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/100/6/e3;
breastfeeding, extremely low birth weight infants.
.PDF (or Adobe Acrobat) files are also available
Marie Davis RN, IBCLC