I would just like to offer a word of caution that *we* know, and what we
*know." Yes, there are a couple of 1999 articles about this in the
"MD-respected" lit and the anesthesiology lit, but I don't have these handy
at the moment and I'm running out the door to a meeting.

I also did a short summary of this stuff, along with a bib awhile ago, and
would be happy to send anyone a copy, if they private e-mail me their
snail-mail address.



>Is there anything newer than Oct. 1998 in the "MD-respected" literature
>about the time of breastfeeding before general anesthesia? I found a post
>citing the American Society of Anesthesiologists' guidelines released in
>Oct 1998.  It states 4 hours for breastmilk.
>
>Is there anything that gets closer to what *we* know about breastmilk
>digestion?
>
>Please reply as soon as possible.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Pat Gima, IBCLC
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin


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