The fact that the baby is compromised does not decrease the need for breastmilk. It increases it. By the way, sometimes, when babies have meconium aspiration and are difficult to ventilate, we paralyze them, for crying out loud. A little sedation won't hurt a ventilated baby. Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC *********************************************** 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