Ask the question: why would breastfeeding be contraindicated?
Parvovirus does not, as far as I remember, have a chronic carrier state.
The baby, to have developed a large liver and all, must have been
infected quite some time ago.  Are again looking at "virus load"?  I
don't go for it.  I would imagine the mother is safe even if she had
parvovirus in her milk, which seems extremely unlikely.

Whenever someone suggests that breastfeeding is contraindicated, *they*
have to come up with the references to support their assertitions.

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC