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Check the academy of Breastfeeding medicine website. Lots of great info
Sent from Cindy's iPhone
On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:44 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Lisa wrote:
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> I am hoping someone can point me to a well-written AAP or other medical
> article about breastmilk jaundice. I am a peer counselor working with a mom
> who was told to stop breastfeeding due to "breastmilk jaundice". This is a
> new one for me, and I am doing some research to better understand exactly
> what that means. I have come across info saying that jaundice is natural
> and normal in breastfed infants and maybe even beneficial. I know the
> pediatricians in our area have not heard that LOL.
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> Generally speaking most pediatricians only stop breastfeeding for a short
> period of time as a diagnostic tool to determine that it really is
> breastmilk jaundice and not pathologic jaundice (though if they look at the timing
> and the demeanor of the baby they wouldn't need to do that either). Some
> peds will stop breastfeeding for as long as 72 hours, though 12 hours will
> give them what they need to know -- that is, the bili levels will drop and
> then rise again after the baby goes back on breastmilk. It is innocuous, and
> no cases of kernicterus related to breastmilk jaundice have been reported.
> Usually levels do not go above 18 mg/dl.
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> That's not an article, but I hope it helps. If we HAVE to do this, my
> preferred mode is to have mom pump until "empty" (save the milk) and then use
> a supplementer at the breast with the formula for as many feeds as is
> necessary. Keeps the baby at the breast, and babe will still get a trickle of
> breastmilk....
>
> Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
> Wheaton IL
> _www.lactationeducation.com_ (http://www.lactationeducation.com/)
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