My name is Jane Fogdall. I am an RN and work as one of 3 Board Certified 
LCs at a hospital in the Seattle area. I have been reading Lactnet 
postings with great interest for a number of years, but now it's time to 
jump in and get to know some of you. 
My 17-year old son was recently diagnosed with Crohn's disease. As you can 
imagine, I took this rather personally since I exclusively breastfed 
Justin for 6 months, then continued breastfeeding him until he was 2-1/2 
years. 
My first thought was to purchase donor milk to help heal his gut, but I 
got to thinking that I might be able to provide it myself. I have been 
communicating with Lenore Goldfarb who has an excellent set of protocols 
for inducing lactation and relactating. She has given me great hope that 
even though I am just shy of 50 years old, I can still wake up my sleeping 
breast tissue and call it into service once again! I feel I have enough 
knowledge to get started but I am desperate to know of any research that 
is available on the use of donor milk for the purpose of treating 
inflammatory bowel disease. There is a wealth of information on how 
breastfeeding helps prevent it, of course. Anyone? I am also willing to be 
involved in research for those of you studying relactation efforts (among 
the perimenopausal!) and for the clinical uses of breastmilk.
Many thanks!

Jane Fogdall,BS,RN,IBCLC

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