<< << Dr. Lawrence Gartner speak today in Holyoke, MA on just this
  subject!  He stated that in a healthy, full-term bf infant, moderate levels
  of elevated serum unconjugated bilirubin do not require any treatment, and
  that after 72 hours of age, levels of up to 18 to 20 mg/dl in those healthy
  infants do not require supplementation with formula or interruption of
bfing,
  nor is phototherapy necessary.   >>


 Did he give any references?  >>

These are the references he gave:

1.  Gartner LM, Arias IM.  Studies of prolonged neonatal jaundice in the
breastfed infant. J Pediatrics 1966; 68:54

2.  Dahms B, Krausse A, Gartner LM et al.  Breastfeeding and bilirubin during
the first four days of life. J Pediatrics 1973; 83:1049

3.  DeCarvalho M, Hall M, Harvey D.  Effects of water supplementation of
physiologic jaundice in breastfed babies. Arch Dis Child 1981; 56:568

4.  DeCarvalho M, Kalus MH, Merkatz RB.  Frequency of breastfeeding and serum
bilirubin concentration. Am J Dis Child 1982; 136:737

5.  Schneider AP.  Breast milk jaundice in the newborn.  A real entity.  JAMA
1986; 255:3270

6.  Kuhr M, Paneth N. Feeding practices and early neonatal jaundice. J Pediat
Gastroent Nutrit 1982; 1:485

7.  Gartner LM, Auerbach KG.  Breastmilk and breastfeeding jaundice.
Advances in Pediatrics 1987; 34:249.

8.  Gartner LM.  Neonatal jaundice.  Pediatrics in Review 1994: 15:422

9.  Gartner LM.  On the question of jaundice in the first five days of life.
Seminars in Perinatology 1994; 18:502

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