Pamela, are you sharing your sample letter to the baby's regular medical attendant a) for comment or b) for free use? 
I ask because it occurred to me that Lactnetters may find it useful to use or adapt in their own practices.

Virginia

Dr Virginia thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA
Private Practice Lactation Consultant
Historian (History of Medicine)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Pamela Hendrix wrote:: 
Our hope is that this is just a sweet little piece of info so as not to overwhelm Docs who are not really familiar with the consequences of this issue.
Pam

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