You can't know how happy I am to finally be here, Rather computer iliterate, but learning, Hopefully now I am appropriately set up to send/and receive messages. My fingers are crossed. This is the senerio about which I am concerned. Hopefully a GI Dr. Wonderful will respond and give me the facts I need to assist this mother. Infant's DOB: 8/31/95, 5.10 birth weight, gestation 33 weeks., admitted to NICU as mother had a fever in L & D (following Epidural of Nubain). Workup revealed no growth but infant was treated with antibiotic therapy , as was mother. Infant was fed Allumentum in NICU and she tolerated it. When mother began to introduce EBM, infant developed "diarrhea", further described by mother as "urine coming out of the anus". The infant's abdomen became distended 3 X it's normal size, They took her to the ER, x-rays were obtained and reported to the mother as flatus blowing up this infants gut. She was placed on Enfamil with low iron, and there was blood in the stool. The NICU states a test was performed on her stool which revealed sugar (duh) in the stool. Therefore a conclusion was drawn that the infant is lactose intolerant and she is placed on a hypoallergenic formula-mom is pumping and waiting for me to refer her. She was supposed to see a GI specialist today. I'm confused. I am not aware of a stool test that will prove an infant to be lactose intolerant. NICU MD reported to this mom that her infant was not digesting "sugar" in EBM. Infant behaves like she is in extreme pain when fed breastmilk, either expressed or fed at breast. So Mom put her back on formula and is reaching out in all directions for assistance. Hope there is an informed Lactneter out there who can help me asap. Donna Corrieri/Boca Raton, Fl.Thanks I am a new member-my husband thinks I need one more obsession in my life