I just have to chime in here about using "bm" as the abbreviation for
breastmilk!  As a nurse (21 years) writing bm for breastmilk just makes me
bristle.  Thus far, I haven't been able to bring myself to use this
abbreviation.  I am a LC in a hospital setting, but also am the coordinator
of a home visit program here.  In fact, "bm" is the approved hospital
abbreviation for bowel movement.  I do at times chart "ebm" as was
suggested, however many times we document information about breastmilk,
which is not necessarily "expressed," as in "transfer of breastmilk."  Now,
writing in a chart "transfer of bm to the baby evidenced by..."  doesn't
sound very appetizing!!!  Sometimes I abbreviate it as br. milk, and that's
a little shorter, but still inadequate.  Maybe we could just use "mm" as in
mother's milk?

Still thinking this one through, Linda J. Tandy, MSN, RN, IBCLC

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