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smoking and breastmilk
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"Denise Mollenkopf, RNC, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 24 Nov 1998 17:18:53 EST
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To Sue in Indiana Pa. (from a native pennsylvanian now in the south)-
I have dealt with many moms who smoked and breastfed.  I have not personally
tasted the milk, but I can tell you that the pumped milk of a heavy smoker has
a yellow-gray look, and when you take off the cap, it smells like a damp
ashtray full of cigarette butts : (   The babies have done well on it, despite
the distaste experienced by the staff feeding it to them.  It HAS to taste
different...
Denise Mollenkopf, RNC, IBCLC
Florida

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