Dear Seema,

The information your colleague was given about the caloric content, esp of
hindmilk, is overly simplistic. Jackie Kent, Leon Mitoulas and Ching Tat Lai
from Hartmann's group, have done great research in this area. Kent found
that the fat content varies so much that the foremilk of feedings spaced
closer together can be higher in fat than the content of hindmilk when
feedings are spaced farther apart. Lai found a lot of variance in caloric
content--one mom's milk was 46 cal/oz! Hartmann's group is trying to develop
viable "MOM" Mother's own milk human milk fortifier. These presentations
were made at the Amarillo Conference, which I recommend highly, and not just
because it's in Texas :-) WRT the increased mineral needs--the archives have
a lot of that information, especially from Dr. Nancy Wight.

HTH,
Anna Swisher, MBA, IBCLC
Abundant Blessings
Austin, TX

 

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