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Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:15:04 +1100
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Hi Heather,
I agree the case study was lacking in sufficient detail. It is very frustrating. 
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> 
>> On 20 Feb 2018, at 11:21 am, Elizabeth Brooks <[log in to unmask]
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>>> 
>> There seems to be a great deal of consternation about whether or not this
>> woman **really** was able to provide enough milk for 6 weeks of exclusive
>> breastfeeding.  Rather than hypothecate about what happened, I like to Go.
>> To. The. Source.
> 
> Always a good idea but The Source does not answer the questions! 
> 
> Was this exclusive BF as claimed for six weeks? Was the volume increased from the 8 oz/ day reported? Did the other parent contribute?
> 
> If I'd been one of the peers reviewing the case report before publication, I'd have been unhappy that these questions were not answered, and I wonder if a BF specialist was one of the reviewers (surely not? Or these holes in the narrative would have been highlighted). 
> 
> I'd hate anyone reading the report to think that a yield of eight oz a day was sufficient to feed a baby for six weeks. Obviously it could not have been, so what happened? 
> 
> Heather Welford Neil
> UK
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