Kimberly,
The babies who were tube fed donor milk in Lucas' study were infants
whose mothers chose NOT to breastfeed or express milk, because Lucas
wanted to exclude all the psychosocial effects.  The milk was term 'drip
milk', the lowest quality human milk possible!  THink what the results
would have been if these kids had been fed actively expressed, preterm
milk from their own mothers!
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Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC  [log in to unmask]