> And what of
>all the babies given antibiotics orally?

I heard about a vet who was brought a very sick beaver.  He treated it as he
would any other mammal that size, including antibiotics.  It improved, then
sickened and died.  On autopsy the vet found a gut full of undigested wood.
He'd killed off the organisms necessary to the beaver's specialized
digestion.  Maybe this has no relevance to breastfeeding.  Or maybe it has.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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