Terriann writes:

>I cringe every time I read a suggestion about having some mother's milk
>analyzed for fat content.  All I picture is a lab handing over a sterile
>cup and saying, "Honey, go express some milk into this cup."  Well, you
>know the results, not enough fat!
>
>Now, on the other hand, Paula Meier's mothers of preemies do their own
>creamatacrits!  Her pumping advice is to pump two minutes past the last
>drops of milk so the most fatty milk is received and I suppose a test is
>done on the MIXTURE of milk or all the milk pumped for that session.


Well,  however it's measured, it seems an exercise fraught with
hazard....given we don't know what we're looking for - unless I've missed
something, and we now know exactly how much fat 'ought' to be in the breast
milk for every individual baby at any age at any given time of day,  night
or stage of bf .

I mean, I do hope it wouldn't be compared  to formula....

And even then, if there isn't 'enough' fat,  what do you do? Encourage the
mother to feed more often to increase the fat content of the milk, yes?
Well, why not cut out the middle (lab) man and just get her to do that
straight away?

Still puzzled!

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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