I just re-listened to Dr Gartner's talk at the LLLI 50th Anniversary conference in 2007. 

He does refer to a component in some mothers' breastmilk that causes the bilirubin to be conjugated more slowly, but this kind of jaundice doesn't show up until day 5 - 7. That kind of jaundice is called breastmilk jaundice which causes some HCPs to think all breastfeeding causes it.

The kind you're probably referring to in the hospital, though, is more likely what he calls "lack of breastfeeding" jaundice and mom's milk would work just as well to increasing the stooling.

You can listen to the talk and download the slides at:
http://www.prolibraries.com/llli/?select=sessionlist&f_conference=1
It's session 231.

(Sometimes I think the peds just want to see something measurable going into the baby! We usually don't have a problem with getting them to allow moms' milk as the supplement.)

Debbi Heffern
St. Louis, MO
USA

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