>Hi All , a mother is concerned as she feels something is not quite
>right,her pediatrician says everything is ok as does her Ob.However
>she remains uneasy,firstly she had gestational diabetes and her
>sugars have remained high,baby is 4 days old.her baby has very sweet
>breath,shows no signs of hypoglycemia etc, somewhere I have heard
>about what this means but can not pull it out of the recesses of my
>brain at the moment


I can't comment about the possible medical aspects of this situation,
and the mother's pain etc, except to say my money is on it being
nothing serious and that it will disappear....but breastfed babies
have beautiful smelling breath!  They smell good all over!

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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