In a message dated 98-01-02 21:55:30 EST, you write:

<< A local mother-to-mother support group reported on a story in "New
 Beginnings" Ju-Jly 97 from a mother who was able to partially breastfeed
 after testing came back that her infant had low enzyme levels.

 Is this truely considered galactosemia and if so, why is there no mention
 of this in our breastfeeding textbooks?  All the latest articles,
 including Ruth Lawrence's new booklet gives the blanket statement that if
 the baby has galactosemia, the baby will have to wean. NO breastfeeding-
 period. >>

I am not a medical type and my post is purely anecdotal, but my neighbor's
daughter has 3 children.  The first was weaned at 6 weeks because of
galactosemia.  The next two were able to nurse well into toddlerhood, but
still had galactosemia, just not as bad as the first.  The babies were
monitored very closely by a dietician.  But all seemed to go well with the
last two babies.

Deb Wirtel, LLLL and AAPL/MO
St. Louis
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