HI everyone! At the Dutch lactation association conference which I attended yesterday, Lars A. Hanson was one of the speakers. He talked about immunology. He specifically mentioned that when the LIVE vaccin is being used, breastfeeding within a couple of hours before or after vaccination will UNDO the vaccination. The caps used are only for emphasis, at the moment I don't have more details but I couldn't resist this one :-D Renate Rietveld, IBCLC Rijswijk, The Netherlands At 19:09 30-10-2000 -0500, you wrote: >I had a note back from CDC today saying there is no contraindication to BF >before or after the oral polio vaccine. The writer said there was a number >of ref to back it up. Acta Ped Scan 79 (12):1137-42, 1990 Dec. was one >abstract available on -line. > >This is, of course, academic in US, as all polio vaccine is now given by >injection. But if this incorrect info spread in other parts of the world >it could cause problems for either BF or for polio vaccine. I can just >hear Drs advising mothers to wean so their baby could get polio vaccine! >Sincerely, Pat in SNJ > > *********************************************** >The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned >LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) >mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: >http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -------------------------------------------------------------- Renate Rietveld, IBCLC E-mail : [log in to unmask] Homepage: http://home.wanadoo.nl/renate.rietveld.ibclc -------------------------------------------------------------- *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html