On Wednesday, August 21, 2002, at 06:51 PM, Jim & Winnie Mading wrote:

> It has been said that babies get 20% less milk through the thin silicone
> shields than at breast directly.

Some fairly recent lit though showed that preemies actually get more
milk with the shield.

So for a preemie who would otherwise have to get feeds from a bottle,
and who is so extremely small, a shield may be the best of all of the
shorter term solutions.

katherine in atl

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