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It depends are where the lesions are. I had an experience that was not
directly related to breasfeeding, but it was a way to let Mom hold her baby.
She was HIV positive, with a massive outbreak of shingles across her right
trunk, below the breast. It hadn't crusted over, so we covered it with a larg
e sheet of Op-Cite we got from the OR. On top of that, we taped a chux,
plastic side out. With this is place, and very strict handwashing, the mom
was able to hold her baby.
I work with a physcian (specialist in HIV+ Moms) who has neonatal
transmission rates of about 6%, and he doesn't let the moms breastfeed. I
don't actually have any hard data on transmission rates via breastmilk, so if
anybody has something to share, I'd love to hear it. It's hard to argue with
6% transmission, though.
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