I'm just speaking as a mother of a child who experienced the bloody stools 
while breastfeeding.  It totally floors me that this doctor will suggest giving 
Splenda to an infant but not the pancreatic enzymes.  Where are the studies on 
the Splenda?

My favorite primary intervention for this is probiotics for both mother and 
baby.  Contact me privately for suggestions on what brands are most 
hypoallergenic and effective.  Another thing that may help is eliminating all processed 
food from mom's diet.  Good nutrition is extremely important in this situation. 
 Healthy fats are important:  cod liver oil, olive oil, coconut oil, animal 
fats.  What you don't want is the standard vegetable oils in the grocery store, 
processed with high heat and chemicals, rancid.  Obviously plenty of fruits 
and vegetables.  Avoid refined carbohydrates.  Other vitamin supplements may be 
helpful.

As for the enzymes, there are plant based ones that can be purchased without 
a prescription.  Contact me privately for brand information.

Jennifer Stevens, RN

In a message dated 2/18/2007 4:21:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
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Unfortunately, he had bad reflux and spit up and cried constantly,  
but mom persevered. Then he started having blood in his stools. They  
eventually were referrred to a GI doc who put her on an elimination  
diet. That didn't help. Doc convinced mom to feed one of the  
hypoallergenic formulas (which one escaped me now). When mom told the  
doc the baby wouldn't take it she suggested putting Splenda in it  
(anyone ever heard of this?). It did work. He took the formula and  
the blood in the stools stopped. They kept him on the formula for 2  
weeks while mom continued the elimination diet. Five days after going  
back to the breast the blood started again. Mom has a background in  
nutrition so she knows how to read labels and is very careful. The GI  
doc or pedi won't prescribe her pancreatic enzymes becasue "there  
aren't enough studies".

She really wants to continue breastfeeding but the doc has convinced  
her if the blood in the stools continues she needs to quit. Any  
suggestions?

Andrea Tran RN, IBCLC
Boulder/Erie, Colorado

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