Hi,

I asked a Diabetoligist in my area if she had some insight, and this is her
response:

There is a great deal of research currently been done on breastfeeding in
diabetes. It’s still generally the best option for the baby for the mum to
breastfeed but I would advise that she seeks expert care and gets her
glucose levels more stable. The fluctuations are often more significant
than the actual value. It is also important what medications are being
taken and that the mum knows how to treat hypos as these can be quite
frequent when breastfeeding

Warm regards
Sandy Bayman
Doula
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

On Thu, 22 Aug 2019, 6:11 PM Patricia Young, <
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>  One article I found says that the milk of diabetic mothers is different
> and obesity in baby can be a problem.....obesity can increase risk of
> diabetes in child.
> The article looks at fasting blood levels in BF babies of diabetic
> mothers.  There isn't any analysis of the composition of the breast milk
> tho."Long-term impact of neonatal breast-feeding on body weight and glucose
> tolerance in children of diabetic mothers."    Diabetes Care, 25 (1) 16-22,
> 2002an old article from 1989 looked at the composition and volume of milk
> during the onset of lactation in a diabetic mother. What they found was
> higher fats, otherwise milk comp was similar in diabetic and non diabetic.
> Most of the articles are dated mid 80's to late 90's with a few early
> 2000's.  One of the articles commented on the fact that there is little
> research on the subject :-(  sorry info is sparse.  Pat in SNJ
>
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