Dear wonderful people of Lactnet,

I worked with a mom recently who was told by her pediatrician to mix powdered formula into her expressed breastmilk to help the baby gain weight.  It's not a matter of adding a little bit of ABM powder to the breastmilk to fortify, but rather adding the full amount of ABM powder as if the EBM was water.  This mom has an ample supply and has been freezing her excess breastmilk.  I've searched the archives and found nothing.  It is the first time I've heard of this, but knowing what I know about formula preparation and breastmilk composition it seems like it might be a dangerous practice, not to mention the lactoferrin binding with the iron fortification in the ABM.  Anyone have any knowledge of this?  I want to call the pediatrician and ask about the suggestion, but it's a pedi I'm not familiar with, in another part of town, so I would like to be armed with some evidence based information.  

Suzie Owens, IBCLC, RLC
Fighting the good fight on a chilly Las Vegas night.

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