I am posting this request for information for an RD who is not yet a member of Lactnet. She would appreciate any responses directly to her and of course I'd be interested in responses to the listserve. Thanks. Her email for responses is [log in to unmask] "I have an ex 28 weeker now 33 weeks corrected age infant in our NICU whose mother is severely anorexic and is breastfeeding with HMF to 24 kcal/oz. (Mom insists on breastfeeding because it helps her lose weight!) My question: I am fairly confident that she is getting adequate micronutrients while she is here and getting the HMF, but should I be concerned about any deficiencies that the baby might get once they go home and she is off HMF? Does anyone have any research on anorexic mothers breastfeeding? Thank you in advance, Carmen Stretch, RD" *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html