Debra Ray writes:

On Jan 23, 2007, at 11:50 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> Our peds are forever telling me that there is "something" in  
> breastmilk t=
> hat=20
> keeps the bili from going down, and "something" in formula that  
> makes it =
> go=20
> down.

If that is indeed true, then it is abnormal for the bili to drop and  
we should stop trying to force the levels down. Just as with  
everything else in birth and infant feeding, the barometer is some  
arbitrary idea of what is normal, based upon AF babies, not the true  
norm--the E(xlusively)breastfed baby.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
http://healinghumanpotential.blogspot.com/

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