Does anyone have a recommendation on an appropriate dosage of fennel seeds (actually chewing them) to help with let down? I am struggling with finding dosage for this form of fennel (much cheaper) rather than capsules. I am aware that too much fennel can actually reduce milk supply so being cautious.
Thanks,
Hannah James, IBCLC
Breastfeeding Coordinator
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
WIC Nutrition Program
11 SHS, 286 Water Street, 6th Floor
Augusta, ME 04333
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1. no need to apologize
2. Domperidone Handout
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 05:30:49 -0500
From: Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: no need to apologize
Dear Lactnet Friends:
The evidence is mounting that antibiotics carry far more risks than previously thought.
Where is there any evidence that human milk in a baby's eyes causes any harm? Isn't human milk a natural antibiotic?
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 09:05:22 -0600
From: Ruth Piatak <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Domperidone Handout
Thank you, Dr. Nice. I have just shared it with my Area's LLL Leaders.
Mothers WILL order domperidone, though I have heard through my state breastfeeding coalition that my state's physician's risk their licenses if they prescribe it. My hope is that this handout will raise the chance that mothers discuss what they are taking with their physicians, whether the physicians dare prescribe it or not. Transparency is so precious for the health of mothers. Can we in the U. S. perhaps hope that transparency will also lead to realistic policy?
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 12:57:11 -0600
From: Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: human milk in baby's eyes
Dug around for references and found this interesting article "A Brief History of the Use Of Human Milk in Ocular Therapeutics by Tomsak, RL. published in the Bulletin of the Cleveland Medical Library 24(1): 12-21, Jan. 1978.
"Human milk is one of the most interesting substances which has a long history in medical therapeutics, particularly as used in the treatment of the eye. Some of the earliest references to the use of breast milk in ocular disease occur in the Ebers Papyrus....written about 1500 BC".......the author then winds through the centuries through to 1722. "from the foregoing it is apparent that human milk has a history in ocular therapeutics spanning tens of centuries, furthermore it was mainly employed for inflammatory conditions of the eyes. Although obvious difficulties arise in reconstructing the causes of eye inflammations which occurred hundreds of years ago, it is likely that many of these disorders, especially those that occurred in infants and following wounds, had infectious origins.
[the Egyptian references only used "Milk-of-a-woman-who-had-borne-a-Son :-) It all started that long ago!]
Another article in the Human Milk as Medicine file tells about using mother's milk in the eyes in the 20-30's, when people were poor & health insurance non existent.
I've heard it mentioned for years, I guess I hang around too many lactation people & that doctor must keep his head buried in medical texts. Pat in SNJ
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 17:53:45 -0500
From: Judy Smith <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: LC competency
What are other Lactation Services are using for competency assessments for their consultants.
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:05:17 -0500
From: Malka Weldler <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: work in pediatrician office
I would like to work in a pediatrician's office, and would very much appreciate it if anyone who does can share their experiences with me--how did you get the job (how to make this desirable for the pediatrician), how are you paid, what services you offer. Thanks in advance!!
Malka Weldler, IBCLC
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:23:48 -0500
From: "Alla Gordina MD, IBCLC, FAAP" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: no need to apologize...
This e-mail was long in the making.
How on Earth can we (lactation consultants) bring our message across to all the members of the health care team if we neither respect them nor give them a credit to what they know (mostly what we, lactation consultants, don't)?
Let's face it, with all the benefits of the breast milk as a "first immunization", breastfeeding neither did nor will prevent polio, smallpox or diphtheria.
And with all the downsides and risks of antibiotics (especially with their inappropriate use), breast milk as a "natural antibiotic" still would not cure TB, sepsis, meningitis, MRSA or even a trivial streptococcal tonsillitis.
Add to the mix a simple idea that any specialist is usually a specialist in a very special area. The famous saying by Koz'ma Prutkov (Google this name, you may enjoy his aphorisms) "Specialist is like a dental abscess always being one sided" goes both ways. We (lactation
consultants) are one sided in our ways, colorectal surgeons in their own ways and so on. For internal medicine docs breastfeeding and breast milk, so dear to our hearts, on the grand scheme of things are relatively minor issues. Would you believe that IM docs really have to be "buried in the medical texts" to keep up with all the advances of modern medicine? They do. The same as us. Just different texts, as per same Koz'ma Prutkov, "one can not grasp the immensity"...
So if we want other specialists to listen and to learn about breastfeeding, we should stop opposing ourselves to the rest of the world and start finding opportunities for cooperation.
If we want to be a part of the team that will succeed in solution of the modern breastfeeding problems, we should not create confrontations with our teammates.
Peace,
Alla
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NJ Breastfeeding Medicine Education Initiative NJ Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinator, American Academy of Pediatrics Satellite Symposia Sub-Committee Chair, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
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