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Hi
Although I am not an expert I have followed the jaundice issue
for many years. I was recently glad to find out about
the following:
The AAP discourages the interruption of breastfeeding in
healthy term newborns and encourages continued and frequent
tfeeding (at least 8 to 10 times in 24 hours)... Supplementing
nursing with water or dextrose water does not lower the
bilirubin level in jaundiced , healthy, breastfeeding infants"
American Academy of Pediatrics, Subcommittee on Hyperbilirunemia
Practice parameter: Management of hyperbilirunemia in the
healthy term newborn.
Pediatrics. 94(4) 558-565, Oct. 1994.
There is a lot of new info supporting continued breastfeeding.
American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists: Guidelines for Perinatal Care (3rd Ed).
AAAP: Elk Grove Village, Ill 204, 206-207, 1992
Martinez JC, Maisels MJ, Otheguy et al.
Hyperbilirunemia in the breastfed newborn: a controlled
trial of four interventions. Pediatrics 912) 470 - 473
subversive sources all! (just joking) I haven't read
all of the originals yet
Sarah Barnett
Bronx NY
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