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From: "Julie Gladney" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:02 PM
Subject: [LACTNET] Fw: iron


Hello:

**Hi Julie,

Hello:

It is my understanding that if *mom* has low iron, a supplement will 
increase the amount of iron in her milk. However, if it is just baby that is 
anemic, a supplement for mom will not increase the amount of iron in her 
milk.

**How, would you reckon, does the breast know to what purpose the supplement 
is taken...? Why would it increase the amount in the milk in the one case 
and not in the other...?
At page 335, Lawrence says: "Increases in dietary iron that increase serum 
levels do not increase iron in the milk. It is important, however, for the 
mother to replace her iron stores post partum."
I read that as: before the milk suffers, the mother will suffer from low 
iron stores, so for her own health it is important to take enough iron-rich 
foods. I suppose not until her own stores are depleted, will the milk 
suffer, but she will most likely find out about her own deficiency before 
the milk gets worse. Am I way off base...? I'd like to know, as I will be 
sitting the exam on July 28th as well... ;o))

Kindly,

Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands 

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