In a message dated 2/25/00 6:08:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< I just got a request from an MD colleague for info on the need for Vit D
 supplementation in breastfed infants.  >>


WIC is now providing Vit supplements ( by a ABM company)  to all BFing moms
who are told they are now recommended because of the increased risk of a
bfing baby developing rickets.
I don't know if this is a national policy of just NC but I believe it is
national.

Barbara Whitehead, IBCLC
Eastern NC ( where it is supposed to be in the 80's tomorrow and I can't go
to the beach because my surgery incisions are still sore, making it hard to
drive  and I'm grumpy! )

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