I missed the first part of this thread, but I'm on a Pediatric Pulmonary
rotation and the attending (Head of the CF program) I'm working with is
VERY supportive and pleased when the moms breastfeed.  It is amazing the
differences  in Bfed vs. artificially fed children - as I take history
after history these kids get into trouble with infections as soon as they
stop breastfeeding.

If you could get moms to breastfeed at least to two years it would probably
save between 2 to 5 hospitalizations and buy some time (a year or two)
before the child begins to build those anitbiotic resistant organisms which
eventually win out.  Breastfeeding has my vote.

Gail
Gail Hertz, MD, IBCLC
Pediatric Resident
author of the little green breastfeeding book - disclaimer: owner of Pocket
Publications





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> From: Cynthia Dillon Payne <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: Re: BF baby with CF
> Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 3:05 PM
>
> Ruth Lawrence supports bf a baby with CF.  Check  the 4th edition, p
441-2,
> for info and references.  The new Riordan/Auerbach has a good section on
bf
> babies with CF, p 655.  "There is no need to interrupt bf.  In fact, bf
is
> recommended."  They state that the lipase in human milk may help the
infant
> with CF absorb fat better.  They quote three studies that showed bf
infants
> with CF developed symptoms only after they were weaned.  BF infants were
> taller and heavier than AF infants.  BF also provided protection against
> respiratory illness.
> Cynthia D. Payne
> LLL of Berkshire County Massachusetts
>