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I'm introducing some new measures to decrease formula supplementation in our hospital, and I found a patient education handout on the California Dept. of Public Health website that lists risks of formula supplementation. It says:
Exclusively breastfeeding a healthy term baby:
1. encourages early milk production (supplementation may delay milk production)
2. decreases the chance of jaundice
3. provides better weight gain
I don't quite understand #2 and #3, and I know they will be questioned by our staff. Breastfed infants do have more jaundice and more weight loss compared to formula fed infants. But this statement is comparing breastfed / formula supplemented babies to exclusively breastfed babies...correct? So because of #1 (encourages early milk production), #2 and #3 are true. Do I have it?
Can anyone point me to references of this?
Thank you,
Julie Conaway, RN, IBCLC
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