Thanks to everyone who has responded. I have quite a bit of reading ahead of me. With the story Phyllis wrote about dripping colostrum into the newborns mouth, is partly where I am coming from. I will be curious to see if any of these articles address how much colostrum a newborn needs to consume to stabilize their blood sugars. I am assuming that just drops would suffice. I hope I can get some clinicians to also understand the literature. Ann Perry RN IBCLC Boston, MA *********************************************** 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