One of our Public Health Nurses reported that a father was insisting that his wife pump for 5 minutes and throw her milk away "because I want my baby to get the rich hind milk"...and if the baby indicated interest in continuing to nurse, after his wife felt she was "empty," he than gave the baby a bottle with formula! There is a LOT of misunderstanding, both in the lay community and among health care workers about the foremilk-hindmilk and the lactose overload information. When we discuss this or write about it, it's important to stress the importance of HUMAN MILK - at whatever stage it is - and all its valuable components...fat being only one small part of it! Does anyone have a patient-directed handout started - or is willing to start - to address this issue? Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC California - where people are at times TOO internet savvy! *********************************************** 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