In response to the baby with intestines born outside body - probably gastroschesis (we deal with alot of that in our Children's hospital) - I would stress the potential risk for NEC and/or sepsis. This baby may end up with a short gut - all the more reason to provide breastmilk. If baby's mom does not (or will not) provide her own breastmilk, in this situation - I would recommend donor human milk. Becky Lyons, LD,IBCLC *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html