From: [log in to unmask] Return-path: <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: help Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 01:00:04 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi Miriam, Would you post a note to latnet for me? I want to remain anonomous. I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Fritzi....hope you are doing well...as you can see I'm busy. The neo at my hospital is not allowing a mother to provide breastmilk for her 700 gram 27 week premie because she is a smoker(a half a pack a day). He is concerned about the effects of nicotine on the small baby, What do you think? Hale makes some very precautionary statements about the possible effects of nicotine on infants, but I see no documentation.......of course a lot of what we give and do with 700 gram babies is uncharted territory, but I still would think the bene's outweigh the risks of formula, which is what the baby was started on today.