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>Thanks for your comments Heather.
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>I agree about the milk sampling, however could not take the baby off
>the breast to do this.
But that still would only give you a brief snapshot of the milk the
baby was drinking at that moment.....not the whole feed, which
changes all the time :)
Milk sampling for quality/calorie content is (as far as I can tell)
impossible - you might get a sample by expressing but how can you
tell if the baby gets the same as she gives to the pump?
> I wish it were a matter of not feeding often enough. And perhaps
>that is what preciptated all of this, although mom denies. This baby
>looks pale, and clearly FTT though - at least 3 pounds under
>expected weight. Agree, he may be small (most likely looking at a
>sibling), but I really am thinking there are other things also going
>on with this baby.
>
>LuAnn Smith
3 pounds is a lot....how often is she feeding now? She may well be
able to turn round a FTT situation if she is happy to feed ad lib now.
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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