In a message dated 5/13/2002 9:30:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Cynthia
writes:


> .....The mom is concerned that she is passing abnormal antibodies to her
> baby.  Anybody know more about this?.....
> I did a Lactnet search and found a post that said the antibodies are
> normal,
> but that the body reacts abnormally, causing the antibodies to attack
> muscles, organs etc...........

No real answer here, just my experience and understanding, .....I have a
chronic condition in the same SLE family of disorders, not anywhere near as
severe as SLE, but sometimes have a titer of ANAs; antinuclear antibodies,
....people with more severe conditions, like SLE, may have antiDNA
antibodies, .....seems to me that either, IF in breastmilk, would be
destroyed in babies gut?, ......anyway I BF my three kids for many months
each and they were at the time and are now years later seemingly not affected
in any negative way, having no similar autoimmune disorders, and seemingly
very positively effected by the benefits of BF.

Ask a endocrinologist and Dr Jack about this. Dr Jack may have written about
this on LN in years past.

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

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