On Thu, 19 May 2005 20:10:32 +0200, Nan Jolly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>This is not a question for us.  This is a question for the hcp.  What
reason
>does s/he give for the mother to stop breastfeeding?   What evidence does
>s/he have that it would hurt the baby more than artificial feeding would?
>Nan Jolly M.B.B.Ch., LLLL
>Port Elizabeth, South Africa
>
>
>> a mother who has just had her third child with hemophilia.  The mother
has
>been breast and bottle feeding, but has
>> become nervous about continuing to breastfeed b/c some BRILLIANT hcp told
>> her it would hurt the baby.
>> Lizabeth J. Berkeley, MPH, CHES, IBCLC


*And* given that sensitivity to infant formula causes intestinal bleeding
in some babies, wouldn't formula feeding be especially risky for a baby
with hemophila?

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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