I'm way behind on my reading but can't resist commenting on Dr. Jack's
post about the above. I get so frustrated when the docs insist on
sending off BRM samples for sodium content analysis. OF COURSE the milk
sodium is high..her milk is involuting! What a waste of time and money.
And as if the mother doesn't already feel guily enough because she was
starving her baby, now we have to do a lab test to really press the
point home! The abm is whipped out and the baby "gets better". If we
can keep these mothers breastfeeding postdischarge it's a miracle!
Edie Armstrong, IBCLC, Fairfax, Va.