Dear Friends: I know of 2 clients who had had extensive gut surgery including a bypass, one of them mine, who had problems with baby faltering in growth. Milk supply was sufficient, yet baby stopped growing. A registered dietician (see the value of inter-discipinary collaboration!) suggested that the GI surgery had removed enough gut wall to prevent the formation of various factors that aid in digestion of particular nutrients. Kind of like a 'short-gut' syndrome. So monitor that infant growth; and, stress the need for exclusive, infant cue-based breastfeeding. Do everything possible to maximize supply. Easier to make it go away later than to try and bring it up at a few months out. What do you all think? warmly, Nikki Lee *********************************************** 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