Thank you, Valerie, for the additional reference to Dr. May. CMV from mother's own expressed breastmilk has caused both morbidity and mortality in extremely preterm infants. Infants get both the virus and the antibody, but the extremely immature immune system appears to still have problem containing the infection. That is one of the reasons neonatologists are so afraid of using "fresh" (not previously frozen) human milk. Nancy Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC Neonatologist, Children's Hospital, and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women Medical Director, Lactation Services, Sharp HealthCare San Diego, CA, USA *********************************************** 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