First of all, I know I should have asked the gp when I was there, but I didn't, so hoping someone here can help me out. My dd is 6 months and was EBF until I stated weaning her a week or so ago. I discovered she had a cows milk allergy so have cut out anything with cows milk from her diet. As the reaction was bad, I went to the gp for advice.
However, after confirming it was a cows milk allergy, he merely said it would probably go and then gave me a prescription for nutramigen. I didn't know what it was and just sort of took it without asking. I've now discovered its formula and am a bit confused about why he gave it to me. He didn't ask if I intended to continue breastfeeding (I do, at least for the time being) so I'm not sure whether he intends it to replace breast milk, or whether I need to give it to my daughter as well as breast milk, as a substitute for cows milk. Does anyone have an idea about this? Would she be ok without cows milk in her diet for the moment? I'm not against formula I just hadn't planned to stop breastfeeding.
Thanks.
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CinnamonSwirl31 · 30/07/2014 22:38
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