<<the doctor is concerned that the antibodies that are "attacking" the baby
in utero may "go through her breastmilk.>>

The antibodies involved in the mother's disease are IgG, which is not
present in milk hardly at all.  The antibodies in milk are almost entirely
secretoryIgA.  Also, the antibodies that are in breastmilk do not "leak"
into it from the bloodstream...they are "PLACED" there on purpose.

Kathy Leeper, MD, IBCLC

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