I agree that genetic testing would be a very good idea.  This case sounds very similiar to one I had two years ago where a 6 month old breastfed baby with FTT was about to be removed from his mother when genetic testing showed a very rare trisomy 15.  Suddenly everything made sense!

In this mother's case, her social circumstances were clouding everyones perceptions of what the problem could be.

Sadly to say, by the time the diagnosis was made, all confidencne with breastfeeding was lost and the baby was formula fed.  And guess what?  He didn't grow any better!


Karen Palmer
Midwife
New Zealand
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> From: "Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/10/03 Mon AM 04:35:42 GMT+13:00
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Looking for an IBCLC in England.
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> Has the baby had genetic testing? I've had several mothers going 
> absolutely crazy trying to get more milk into their baby, and baby 
> wasn't having it. One baby turned out to have a rare microdeletion 
> syndrome (Phelan-McDermid syndrome), another had extreme reflux and 
> needed tube feeding, another has not yet been diagnosed but an entire 
> feeding team agrees that there's something wrong with her feeding skills 
> (she's also getting extra breastmilk through a tube).
> It's not always the mom (but unfortunately, sometimes it is).
> Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC
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