Tali writes:
<<I understand that a mother's blood sugar levels do affect the sugar
concentration in her breastmilk.
Is there a sugar level at which is it recomended that the mother NOT give
her child her breastmilk - that the sugar level will do more harm than
good?>>
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According to Lawrence, glucose concentration in breastmilk is higher among
diabetics, but not lactose. Mean glucose value was 0.70 mg/g in the milk
of women with diabetes, and 0.32 in the reference milk. She goes on to say
that the glucose elevations probably have little clinical significance to
the infants because glucose only makes up about 0.4% of the total energy
content of the milk.
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation Education Consultants
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