At 4:57 PM -0400 6/6/03, Denice Emilie Berg R.N. IBCLC wrote: >I am assisting a mother who is breastfeeding a six week old infant who is >Active Military. She will be deployed to the Mid-East in August for over 3 >months. She will start Anthrax immunization series soon, which is an 18 >month process, according to the Mother. The Smallpox immunization will be >started when she arrives overseas, as the military doesn't want her wound >to come in contact in any way with her baby. The Mother is going to pump >while overseas in anticipation of her reunion with her son, who will >hopefully return to the breast. Are these immunizations safe? Does anyone >have any information regarding transfer into breastmilk? >Denice Berg R.N. IBCLC Brandon Regional Hospital Brandon, Florida The CDC Factsheets on these vaccines are at: <http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/preg-factsheet.asp> and <http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4915a1.htm> A quick read of these seems to say Anthrax is OK, Smallpox in not. But don't take my word for it, read the recommendations yourself. Dave Vaklyes *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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