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I never heard of this treatment and have had quite a few cases of
breastmilk jaundice over the years. It took a long time to convince md's
that it didn't occur in first few days of life. Wish I had known this
rx. Again, wishing I had LLL background.
Arnetta
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Arnetta Dailey RN IBCLC
The Woodlands Texas
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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997 09:27:30 +0100 Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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>One of the suggestions in LLLI's jaundice booklet, courtesy of
>Kathleen
>Auerbach and Larry Gartner (1987), is that in cases of true breastmilk
>jaundice the mother's milk can be heat treated (56 celsius for 15 min)
>to
>destroy whatever the troublesome component is. This sure seems like a
>better idea than using formula for a few days. Anyone have any
>experience
>with this?
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>Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY
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