There was this recent news report of babies passing HIV to their 
mothers via breastfeeding.  
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_eu/kyrgyzstan_hiv_mothers

Margaret
Longmont, CO



>Hi All,
>
>A former client of mine is starting the process of adopting an infant and
>had some unique questions for me.  She's currently breastfeeding an 18-month
>old and plans to tandem nurse her adopted infant.  She's not sure how much
>contact the infant will have with his/her birth mother following the birth,
>but she assumes the baby will go directly to a nursery immediately after
>birth, then to her.  She wondered if there was any risk to her or her
>tandem-nursing toddler from the adopted infant, such as HIV, hepatitis, and
>so on.  My resources cover diseases transmittable from mom to baby, but not
>reverse.  Any worries/precautions?
>
>TIA,
>
>
>Debbie Gillespie, IBCLC, LLLL
>
>Tempe, AZ
>

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