Diana,

As a nursery nurse, I can tell you that it is very common to mix formula
into breastmilk.  For premature infants, breastmilk is typically fortified
with powdered formula to provide more calories in a smaller volume of milk.
I have often wondered what negative affects this has on the breastmilk.
Unfortunately, I don't see how we could get around it as we do not do any
sort of test creamatocrits on milk.

Christina Harris, RN
Federal Way, WA

On 9/26/07, Diana Cassar-Uhl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> ...I've actually never heard of mixing formula into breastmilk.  Is this
> something that's being done out there that I've just never encountered?
> Thanks for any information.
>
> --Diana

             ***********************************************

Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
Mail all commands to [log in to unmask]
To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask])
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask])
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]