Brenda writes:


> That "Neonatology on the Web" website which you sent is very good, and I =
> plan to post it, but I have a question: In paragraph 10, it states- =
> "breast-milk jaundice occurs in almost two-thirds of all brestfed =
> infants". Is that true? Seems high to me. If you already discussed this in =
> you post, please forgive me, I am behind in my LACTNET reading!
>
>
If you take a look at Larry Gartner's most excellent article in Clinics of
Perinatology, June, 1999, he discusses this in good detail -- and yes, 'tis
true, 'tis true -- though I learned, many years ago, that breastmilk jaundice
only occurred in 1/200 or about 1/2% of breastfeeding babies.  So to see it
noted that it actually occurs in 2/3 of all breastfeeding babies was a real
change in my own thinking.

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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