Marsha writes about increasing formula feeding in her area. We are seeing exactly the opposite, happy to report. We usually are around 68 - 70%. Lately we are around 75 to 80%, previously unheard of in our area. Sadly, though we have far to many "doing both" and a cavalier attitude toward supplementation for just about any reason. Playing devil's advocate though, I wonder if more moms are willing to give it a try because word is out that you can do both those who are "scared of" exclusive nursing are now willing to give it a try...not my thoughts but apparently the patients! Another comment re: glucose monitoring. Our previous normal chemstrip was 40, with a need for intervention below that point. Chemstrips are no longer going to be manufactures and we now have a Lifescan - flexmeter.Because it is not accurate blow 50 any reading lower than 50 is going to be considered as a "low glucose" and a need for a full blood sugar. Problem is, in our triage nursery many times instead of allowing a nursing if the chemstrip is borderline they will unfortunatley pop in a bottle instead of taking the baby to mom. Sigh........! Just another reason to expose babies to early cow milk feedings! LuAnn Smith RN, IBCLC York,PA _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 *********************************************** 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