At 04:32 PM 3/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>1.  Does anyone know where the studies are that definitively "prove" that
>human milk is 20 calories/ounce?  Does this hold true as an "average" for
>breastmilk from the onset of mature milk through -- however long the infant
>is breastfeeding?  Is it still 20 cal/ounce when the baby is 4 months old, 6
>months, 12 months, 2 years?  Has anyone done studies on it?  Does anyone
>besides me care?

I care!  Please if anyone knows the studies etc. pass em on to the whole
list!  I have a doctor here who is making a mom with PLENTY of milk to fill
the SNS use 1/2 formula and 1/2 human milk in her slow gaining baby boy- 7
months old.  He feels that formula is 'set' calorically while her
breastmilk is 'unknown.'  Grrrr......

Also, anyone have some references regarding *not* mixing together human
milk and ABM because of either iron absorption interference, or immunity
interference, etc. or any reasons for keeping them separate??  I have seen
this many many times, but need some references to go on.  The doc is making
her mix the two together in the SNS.....

Thanks in Advance!
Heidi Murphy
Peer Counselor, BSN Student