Hello All,

A fellow counselor is dealing with some difficult issues with her 2nd
baby. Here is a bit of her story (posted with permission):

"...we have been having some challenges with our 10 week
old, E----. Last week she got an endoscopy for her tummy and a scope in her
rectum.  The results let us know that she has allergy cells present in both
areas, but more in her rectum where the tissue was somewhat swollen.  The
GiSpecialist wants me to put Ellie on a very special/expensive "non-
allergy" formula for a week to see if there is a difference.  If there is
no difference then I will go back to nursing and he will rule it out as
severe colic.  This next week I will have to pump while feeding her the
formula just in case I can go back to nursing next Friday.  Anyone hear of
such a thing or been through it?"

Mom is also on meds for depression and anxiety. First baby was also
extremely fussy for first 4 months of life, breastfed. Part of my response
to the above email was:

"Is the GI specialist beginning with this plan of action *before* trying a
maternal elimination diet??? It sounds a bit premature to 'blame
breastfeeding' instead of trying out other ideas first, or maybe other
measures have been tried?"

Mom has partly eliminated dairy, but feels a svere elim diet would be too
stressful given the circumstances. But I think she would try it should it
be a common solution to this sort of problem, rather than weaning for a
week. I think she's just looking for a more solid reason to try take
either route. She would appreciate any input.

Thank you,

Megan Allen
breastfeeding counselor, Nursing Mothers Inc, DE

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html