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From: "Teresa Pitman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] Question about iron
**Hi Teresa,
> I did have a mother in my LLL group whose seven month old (full-term)
> exclusively breastfed baby was assessed as having low iron. Since the baby
> was refusing solids, the mother decided to try an experiment - she
> increased the iron in her own diet. When she returned to the doctor a
> month later, the still exclusively breastfed baby now had normal iron
> levels. I know this is a case of one, but I found that interesting!
**That is interesting, indeed, as 'the books' say that increasing iron
intake in maternal diet not really influences milk levels.
Would this have been a case in which the mother's stores were depleted and
increasing her own levels improved the whole situation...?
Anyone with thoughts on this?
Kindly,
Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands
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