Melissa Kirsch wrote:
>>I wonder if its possible that  ABM-fed babies get the same thing and die
of "SIDS" while the breastfed babies are healthier and end up being
diagnosed for it. Does anyone know if autopsies on SIDS babies check for
infant botulism?>>


I met a woman whose then 5 month old was in CHOP (Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia) when my daughter was in there almost a year and a half ago.
Her son had infant botulism, and was breastfed -- we met in the pumping room
of the NICU.  She told me that her son's doctor said that breastfeeding
saved his life -- if he weren't being breastfed, he very likely would not
have made it alive to the hospital.

Rhonda Feder
Elkins Park, PA
lawyer and lay counselor in training
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