I never heard of this treatment and have had quite a few cases of
breastmilk jaundice over the years.  It took a long time to convince md's
that it didn't occur in first few days of life.  Wish I had known this
rx.  Again, wishing I had LLL background.

Arnetta
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Arnetta Dailey RN IBCLC
The Woodlands Texas
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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997 09:27:30 +0100 Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>One of the suggestions in LLLI's jaundice booklet, courtesy of
>Kathleen
>Auerbach and Larry Gartner (1987), is that in cases of true breastmilk
>jaundice the mother's milk can be heat treated (56 celsius for 15 min)
>to
>destroy whatever the troublesome component is.  This sure seems like a
>better idea than using formula for a few days.  Anyone have any
>experience
>with this?
>
>Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY
>