Hi Margaret,

I did see you on TLC today, I am hoping you will come join us :-) 

Yes I totally hear what you are saying and we agree.

Here is why I got all excited:  His comment was that usually nothing is
REMOVED.  Things are only ADDED!!!!  Typically we see practicioners
recommending REMOVAL, i.e. the four foods diet, instead of or in addition to
nutritional supplementation. And very seldom are we hearing that an
elimination diet is coupled with supplements.  WE know that some women are
getting both but they appear to be in the minority.

This is also exciting because we have concerns about mothers going on
severely restricted diets for so long.  For example, when moms go down to 4
foods for any length of time, they experience rapid weight loss.  A side
effect of the rapid weight loss is the breakdown of the fat stores where
toxins have accumulated.  We have speculated that the toxins may actually
cause an increase in the bloody episodes, for some women and their babies.
And some women just get plain sick from the toxic dump--not fun.  Also 4
foods is a PITA.  How exciting would it be to learn that we could put these
mothers on a modified but not extreme diet with aggressive supplementation
based upon a nutritional profile.

Looks like I need to go start that list, I am getting swamped with emails
privately.

Nikki :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Margaret G. Bickmore
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Needing to connect with interested parties about bloody diapers

>
>In conversing with a local dairy farmer I learned that anytime this shows
up
>in a breastfed calf, the farmer knows that the mothers nutritional balance
>is off and starts supplementing the mother accordingly.  Interesting is
that
>allergy is not considered the problem.

Perhaps the farmer doesn't think of it as an 
allergy issue because he's not actually 
adding/removing any known allergens from the 
diet?  Even so, it could be an allergy issue, and 
adjusting the mother cow's diet makes the calf 
better able to tolerate (correctly identify) 
potential irritants.

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