When my two oldest had full-blown cases, my nursing toddler got a
chicken pock! The only thing was, noone would speculate if it was
enough to give him lifetime immunity. The answers I got, even from
some LLL medical advisors, was "Well, if he gets it, he wasn't."
He is now 29 years old and hasn't gotten it yet.
So, I would say that breastfeeding definitely protected him.
Winnie IBCLC
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