FYI: Breastfed babies and Iron!

**neostudded** · 12-01-2008 20:35

Originally Posted by Angike

Thanks stellarella.. kinda makes me wish I drank breastmilk!

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I think this thread is very helpful and should be made into a sticky

**confusd** · 12-01-2008 20:41

Thanks for posting that it answered all my questions!!

**Fuchsia!** · 12-01-2008 21:11

thanks for posting that. It will be very helpful for unsure mummies

**stellarella** · 24-01-2008 14:22

In light of recent threads...

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OM · 24-01-2008 14:32

Great thread Stellarella!!!!!!!

**zenifa** · 24-01-2008 14:40

Good thread and great info, thanks Stellarella!!

**neostudded** · 28-01-2008 13:09

Thanks again for this it has been a huge help and I needed this info to pass on to someone whos baby has been suffering from iron fortiyed foods.

ETA, didnt want to make it sound like if you give iron fortifyed food's to your baby it makes your baby suffer.Her bub was just suffering constipation she figured out is was the iron fortifyed cerial is all, and she was worried about bubs iron intake, I needed this info to help put her mind at ease.

**punkbaby** · 28-01-2008 13:45

Thanks thats awesome info My iron is always low its shocking but i remember my chn saying that even though mine is low bubs will still get all that they need. Its nice to actually read it like that though

Now i need to find myself some BM otherwise drink my own LOL to boost my iron up

**Milliner** · 28-01-2008 13:51

Thanks Ella

**naiwen** · 28-01-2008 13:55

Very good post, but just a reminder to mums of premmie bubs who breastfeed. Do not stop giving them their ferrous sulphate on the basis of this article. Your baby if born before 32 weeks does not have the iron stores that full term babies have. I fact many premature babies in the nursery such as mine have to have blood transfusions even when being fed breastmilk for low haemoglobin.
I know that this was mentioned in the article above but I think it was important to reinforce it.