Hi. I received this private inquiry from the internet today. Please, any
thoughts would be welcome. Please send to list and to me personally. I will
forward to the mother.

Kathleen

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>Hi,
>  I got your e-mail address off the internet and I am trying to research
>a problem - I was wondering if you had any knowledge of the answer.  I
>am an insulin dependent diabetic - my onset was around 25 which is
>associated more with autoimmune problems (which I do have) - I just had
>a baby 6 1/2 weeks ago and I am breastfeeding him especially since I
>know early onset IDDM has been correlated with cow milk protein
>ingestion.  My question is whether my drinking milk would cause
>significant cow milk proteins to be in my breast milk.
>  I hope you don't mind my asking the question - it is ok if you don;t
>have an answer - I am just not sure where to ask...

Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Independent Consultant
LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html
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"The truth shall make you free, but first it will make you miserable." : )