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Kim Ann Lorber <[log in to unmask]>
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I do wonder if there is health AND emotional (which is often  underplayed 
and not counted) outcomes from babies who are only at the breast  verses 
babies who are given breastmilk in a bottle. Now having to go from  only ever 
breastfeeding my babies at the breast to giving my 9mth (now turned  1 yr) 
breastmilk in a bottle (because of my cancer dx). I do  wonder about the effect 
on his health despite it being only breastmilk. He still  hasn't gotten any 
formula. :-) I look at the bottles as germ carriers and wonder  about 
leaving out the milk, freezing, reheating, storage etc. I wash the bottles  all 
by hand separately from other dishes and sterilize them every time. I am  
sure others might think over the top for a full term baby at this age.  
Breastmilk in a bottle goes through a process of storage and handling that is  very 
different from the breast. I just can't see how they could be equal. Of  
course, please do not think I am bashing breastmilk in a bottle and glad that 
is  an option for moms (and me and my baby!) but just don't want them to be 
equated  as the same and no difference as long the baby gets the breastmilk. 
I will tell  you from my study of one that it is definitely different 
emotionally for baby  and mom when feedings are not a the breast. 
 
I do think there is a reason why WHO doesn't list baby at breast as equal  
to moms milk in a bottle. I do think it would be neat to have only  
exclusively at breast vs breastmilk in the bottle studies, but not sure how  they 
can get a good sample size.  
 
Kim Ann 
LLL Leader
mama to 6
Quad Cities, IA/IL
 


Yes,  the baby is no longer fed 
exclusively "at  the breast," but I think  getting breastmilk only in a
bottle 
would keep him in  the  "exclusively breastfed" category that researchers
should 
be looking  at  when one is trying to study or evaluate the health of 
babies,  in  relationship to their diet. The Joint Commission Perinatal 
Core  
Measure for  Exclusive Breastfeeding indicates that those babies who  
receive

mama's milk via  alternate feeding methods are still  counted as exclusive 
breastfeeders.

Mary-Jane Sackett, RN, IBCLC,  RLC
Pittsfield, MA
(in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western   Massachusetts)




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