I am consulting with a pt whose baby has been readmitted to the hospital with hyperbilirubinemia; The baby is 7 days old, breastfeeding well, back to birth weight, no hx of bruising, coombs negative, Group B pos mom (tx with antibiotics in labor x 3). The initial bilirubin was 19.4 @ 5days old & placed on phototherapy; now bili is down to 17.1; The pediatrician has ordered her to discontinue breastfeeding for 24hrs and feed formula as she feels the bili isn't coming down fast enough, therefore, could be due to the breastmilk; The mother now thinks her milk is making the baby "sick" and is afraid to breastfeed; How can I approach this with the pediatrician and the mom? I guess I feel like I don't know enough to "argue" the point with the doctor and don't want to contradict the dr with the mom either. *********************************************** 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