Nikki: Hirschsprung can manifest itself anytime from birth (as a grave condition called toxic megacolon which requires urgent NICU care and surgery) to later months, in which it also requires surgery as Alice Ernest describes .It has nothing to do with the diet. It is a congenital lack of nervous terminations in the intestine. However, of course, as after any kind of bowel surgery, breast is best for healing afterwards. Kika Baeza MD, family physician, IBCLC hopeful Madrid, Spain *********************************************** 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