Dear Dorothy,

This is totally incorrect!!! I can't believe that a PED could or would say
this!!
A baby at 37 weeks,  or any gestation for that matter, should be receiving
intravenous feeding
for respiratory distress anyway until the respiration rate and oxygen
requirements decrease
and then breastmilk is the best for these little ones because it is far
easier for them to digest
and doesn't cause the pressure on their busy little diaphragm  the way ABM
does. Breastmilk
has *never* caused respiratory distress and in my honest opinion it helps
relieve it.

In the nursery where I work the 2 PEDS are very pro breastfeeding and would
definitely
encourage a mother to pump in cases of respiratory distress. At 37 weeks
this infant should
not have distress for long . I do hope he/she can gain the benefits from
breastfeeding that they
deserve and are entitled to.

Janelle Gridley RN



On the 25th August Dorothy wrote:

>I am new to the net and am an LC in private practice along with a pump
>rental station.  A client who just rented for 3months has a 37 week baby
>in NICU with resp. distress.  She wants to return the pump because the
>PED told her that abm is better because it is heavier and sticks and the
>breastmilk is causing the respiratory distress...  any thoughts and as
>soon as possible please.
>
>
Ross & Janelle Gridley
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
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