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 Hello> I also have been talking with a mother who was told by her Family
 Practicioner to stop breastfeeding because the baby was 'lactose
 intolerant'. He convinced her to use Soy formula for the weekend as a test
 run.  Unfortunately, the baby was symptom free..no gas..slept well,etc.
 Mother became extremely guilt ridden about still wanting to breastfeed and
 had all sorts of pressure to quit from her family, who thought it terrible
 that she torture the baby with this gas problem.
        She had previously breastfeed for over a year and just couldn't bear the
 thought of not repeating this relationship with this infant...so she
called
 everyone and anyone in hopes of finding a better answer than going off
 breast.  (I give her a A++ for persistance)  Besides me she also talked to
 P.G. (Do you remember her P.G.?) and LeLeche and called LeLeche
 international, plus many staff nurses..  What ended up happening is she
 mixed lactaid with Formula  (I know..it would have been better to mix it
 with breastmilk..but unfortunately she did it this way...who's advise I'm
 not sure) and gave it to baby just prior to breastfeeding.  She had good
 results with this and was satisfied with babies comfort level, and
 decreased gassy problem.  She was able to continue breastfeeding.

 I want to say that I was immensely impressed with her devoted search of a
 way to continue breastfeeding and that the support she received from all
 the different sources (other than her family and doctor) kept her on
track.
  We all deserve a pat on the back...right??