So is it possible to buy a low-iron or no-iron formula?
I'm thinking of moms who must use an SNS daily (adoption, glandular
insufficiency, etc.) to make the most of their own milk while assuring that
baby gets enough calories / nutrients.

Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ
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> >A local PNP heard from the Ross salesman that there's a
> >study to show that it interfered with some of breastmilk's properties.
 
  According to Jan Riordan in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation,
> 3rd edition, pg 109 “Excess iron tends to saturate lactoferrin and thereby
> diminish its antiinfective properties”.  That is why I advise mothers not
to
> mix human milk and formula.  If you mix high iron formula and human milk,
> lactoferrin’s antiinfective properties could be diminished.   

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