Dear Friends:
    The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has published the updated 
hypoglycemia protocol.
    I love it. I love how pasteurized donor milk is the first item listed as 
substitute nutrition.
    I love this bit at the end, that I have copied in full:

"Healthy, full-term infants are programmed to make the transition from their 
intrauterine constant flow of nutrients to their extrauterineintermittent 
nutrient intake without the need
for metabolic monitoring or interference with the natural breastfeeding 
process.(3) Homeostatic mechanisms ensure adequate energy substrate
is provided to the brain and other organs,even when feedings are delayed. The 
normal pattern of early, frequent, and exclusive breastfeeding meets the 
needs of healthy full-term infants.
Routine screening or supplementationare not necessary and may harm the  
normal establishment of breastfeeding."

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Fabulous work, Drs Wight and Marinelli and the whole Academy!!

Thank you.
warmly,


Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University, Lactation Program
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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