HOME What's New About LLLI Catalogue ... Contact LLLI 1400 N. Meacham Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173-4808 USA (847) 519-7730 LEAVEN INDEX Specific Problems and Research Articles Book Reviews Common ConcernsHealthy Mothers and Babies ... Valued Advertisers Pierre Robin Sequence Jill Landis Cincinnati OH USA From: L EAVEN , Vol. 37 No. 5, October-November 2001, pp. 111-112. It is eight o'clock in the morning and you have just served breakfast to your children when the phone rings. Answering the phone, you hear a tearful mother on the other end: "My baby has just been diagnosed with Pierre Robin Sequence. Can you help me? Will I still be able to breastfeed?" As La Leche League Leaders accustomed to helping mostly healthy mothers and babies work through common breastfeeding difficulties, this question might leave many of us speechless and scrambling for information. Although encountered rarely, Pierre Robin Sequence has its own implications for breastfeeding and infant care, making it important for Leaders to have a basic understanding of the condition. What is Pierre Robin Sequence? | |
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