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Date: | Mon, 11 May 1998 19:34:45 -0400 |
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I believe this test is done the same way a hematocrit is done, by
spinning out a sample in a capillary tube. Any lab can do it, they just
have not heard of it before.
You should be able to get a "quick and dirty" result just by putting a
well-mixed breast milk sample into a test tube and letting it sit and
separate. Then just measure or estimate the amount of cream that rises
to the top - 10%, 25%, 50%, etc.
You will probably get different percentages from different samples,
depending on time of day it was expressed, whether it is from the
beginning or near the end of a feeding, what the interval was from the
last feeding, etc.
Barb Berges BS, RN, IBCLC
Rochester, New York
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