Hi all,

I have a vent and a question.  First the vent:

A dear friend of mine gave birth to 34 1/2 twins a week ago.  As they needed oxygen, she was unable to breastfeed, but immediately pumped colostrum for them.  However,
despite the fact she had written in her birth plan that they were to have no formula, she walked into NICU, and found them pouring it into an NG tube.  They hadn't even ASKED
her, first!!!

She went ballistic, but they scolded her into complying, by saying that her colostrum wasn't sufficient, and what if her milk didn't come in (as if -- she's already nursed two children
past the age of two), and isn't this preferable to having an IV?

So -- surprise, surprise -- one of the twins got necrorotizing enterocolitis, and now has an IV anyway (which has been put in 4 times), and is not going to have anything by mouth
for 10 days.

She's absolutely livid, since she's convinced the formula is what caused the NE, but she doesn't want to alienate the only neonatologist in town (she's in a mid-sized town in the
interior of BC) by confronting him.

Now the question:

Can an infant with NE be given breastmilk or colostrum?

If so, she needs a statement to that effect she can show to the neonatologist as soon as possible.

I'd appreciate it if you could mail me directly, as I'm still NOMAIL

Thanks in advance

Jennifer Landels, BA, CBE
Vancouver BC
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