>From:    Joya Bezette <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Lactose Intolerance
>
>Hi all;
>
>A mother I work with has a friend who wants to bf, but her dr said that
>because she is lactose intolerant her milk would be deficient in some ways.
>This sounds like incorrect information, I have never heard of such a thing.
>(I know she should ask him for references.) Will someone let me know if I
>can tell this mother that her friend can indeed bf her baby?
>
>Joya Bezette
>LLLL, Student LC

This is totally incorredt information. You do not need to drink milk to
produce milk and lactose intolerance only affects the way the mother
digests milk, nothing else!

>Utah


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