Ann, you wrote, "... Our hospital is one of several across the USA,currently participating in a double blind study in regards to HMF. I have seen the enormous benefits to extremely pretem infants, some weighting less than one pound and being 22-24 weeks gestation. ..... Ask the mother of a 24 week gestational infant on their day of discharge if she objected to the use of HMF?" It will be of enormous value to know the results of your hospital's double blind study on HMF, I'm looking forward to hearing what results are found. Is the control group being fed exclusively on the mother's breastmilk *without* the fortifier? I've seen one study where the control group was fed formula, and the intervention group was fed EBM plus fortifier. Could I also ask for more information on the 22-24 week gestation babies you mention above? What is the average weight at birth? Are these babies exclusively breastmilk-fed (plus the HMF)for the whole hospital stay? Do they receive milk right from the beginning, or are they on drips for a few days first? How old are they when when the HMF is started? And stopped? What medical indication is used to determine the need for HMF, or is it a routine supplement, eg low gain on mother's milk alone, something else? Do they go on to breastfeed? Age at discharge from the hospital? Weight at discharge? Pamela Morrison IBCLC, Zimbabwe *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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