What I have observed regarding mothers with excessive milk supplies is the increase diagnosis of GERD. With this diagnosis comes the prescribing of medications. I find this disturbing that so many babies are on medication for GERD. When I have a mother calling with the problem of over production by the time I get their supply down to a reasonable flow and amount their babies are still having symptoms of reflux. The mothers of course are concerned and seek medical help. Most of the mothers tell me their babies symptoms went away with the medications. Does this mean her over production went on too long? There really needs to be more research in the relationship of over production and GERD. If a mother who has a tendency to over produce were addressed earlier, would this prevent the baby developing GERD? Another category of babies who get diagnosed with GERD are preemies who are getting fed with both breast and bottles. I hate seeing the solution being giving a pill when there is so much not answered to why these babies have developed the problem in the first place. Ann Perry, RN IBCLC Boston, MA *********************************************** 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