Hi. In the article in Pediatrics it states that babies fed breastmilk have more jaundice than babies fed formula. It needs to be stated--babies who are not fed ENOUGH breastmilk have more jaundice! The current research shows that the more a baby breastfeeds the lower the bilirubin. Babies fed more than 9 times in the first 24 hours do not have elevated bilis on day 6 and babies fed 12x per day have bilis of 5 on day three. Skin-to-skin increases the frequency of feeds and stimulates the gut- more stooling- to name a couple benefits of s-to-s! Using a "medicine" to lower bilis is so typical-treat the problem instead of preventing it in the first place. The medical profession needs to see elevated bilis in breastfed babies as a red flag that something is not right. Breastmilk and breastfeeding is not the problem--current breastfeeding practice is the problem. Babies born without intervention who receive continuous s-to-s do not have elevated bilis (I know there are exceptions-I am not talking about those). But, I guess it is just easier to give a medication. :-( Christine Lichte, IBCLC, LLL Leader *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html