I experienced breastmilk jaundice with my second child and what a horrible 
experience.  Some MDs do not understand what they do to a mother when 
they allude to the fact that your breastmilk is causing your baby to be 
hospitalized and part of the "solution" is formula!??!  My son had gone from 
6#7oz at birth to 9#1oz at 1 month, so it was obvious that it was not a "lack 
of breastfeeding!"  I understand wanting to do tests to rule out other things 
but he was put on formula for 48 hours during this time and I was told to 
pump.  It is very emotional for moms, and we all just need to make sure we 
convey to these moms that they are still doing the best thing they can for 
their babies by breastfeeding. I was lucky that I had lots of training and I 
KNEW I was doing the best thing but I can only imagine what a less educated 
mother would have felt like.  Finally, after the hospital stay and all tests came 
back okay, it was labeled "Breastmilk jaundice" and it disappeared by 3 months 
of age.   It is awful to watch your baby lay under the lights, told only to hold 
them minimally and not be "allowed" to nurse.  With confidence of the mother 
being one of the biggest reasons if not THE biggest reason for weaning, 
physicians need to be really careful about how they handle the 
supplementation with jaundice issue!  

Stacy Crase, MS, RD, LD  (hopefully IBCLC come October!)

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