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"Riddle, Richard Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Oct 2000 23:31:39 -0400
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        Hello.  I'm Laura Riddle, a volunteer breastfeeding counselor in
East Tennessee.  Thank you for being here; I've learned so much from your
posts.
        This morning a mother called because her doctor wants to temporarily
wean her infant due to an intestinal virus the baby had 3 weeks ago.  This
baby is 5 1/2 mnths old and was born at 33 weeks gestation.  Despite many
obstacles, bfing was successful and, until the virus, the baby had yellow
seedy stools.  After a couple of days of diarrhea, the mother called in the
ped, and he advised temporary weaning.  The mother refused.  The doctor also
requested vitamin and iron drops  be given to the baby. (The baby was
previously anemic.) Two weeks after the illness, the baby still had watery
green stools. (4-5 per day) The doctor had the stool analyzed and told the
mother she must temporarily wean because her baby was not tolerating her
milk and that the fat reducer levels in the stool were high.  The mother fed
her baby soy formula for 4 days and discontinued because the baby developed
a rash.  Now, at 3 weeks past the illness, the doctor is very heavy handedly
insisting she put the baby on another type of formula.  The doctor will not
explain his comment about the fat reducer levels.  Has anyone heard this
line before?  What does it mean?

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