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Dear Colleagues:
I need to read the whole study.
However, I have some questions and concerns based on Dr. Mennella et
al's earlier research.
Her first study about alcohol contained 12 mothers. Twelve is not a
statistically significant number.
In that study, milk volumes were found to be less in the feed
immediately after some mothers ingested alcohol; 11 of the 12 to be precise. Feed
volumes were not measured after that one time. We all know babies take varying
amounts of milk at feeds. Perhaps there is a connection, which this new study
might support.
However, I want to know how many subjects are in this new study.
And also, the mothers had to know which juice had the alcohol in it. The
knowledge would automatically change their brain chemistry, perhaps to
fulfill the message given out in our society that alcohol is taboo in pregnancy
and verboten in breastfeeding.
Or perhaps not.
Just some thoughts. I intend to read the full text, which is essential
for critical review.
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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