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From: "Teresa Pitman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] Question about iron


**Hi Teresa,

> I did have a mother in my LLL group whose seven month old (full-term) 
> exclusively breastfed baby was assessed as having low iron. Since the baby 
> was refusing solids, the mother decided to try an experiment - she 
> increased the iron in her own diet. When she returned to the doctor a 
> month later, the still exclusively breastfed baby now had normal iron 
> levels. I know this is a case of one, but I found that interesting!

**That is interesting, indeed, as 'the books' say that increasing iron 
intake in maternal diet not really influences milk levels.
Would this have been a case in which the mother's stores were depleted and 
increasing her own levels improved the whole situation...?
Anyone with thoughts on this?

Kindly,

Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands 

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