At 4:57 PM -0400 6/6/03, Denice Emilie Berg R.N. IBCLC wrote:
>I am assisting a mother who is breastfeeding a six week old infant who is
>Active Military.  She will be deployed to the Mid-East in August for over 3
>months.  She will start Anthrax immunization series soon, which is an 18
>month process, according to the Mother.  The Smallpox immunization will be
>started when she arrives overseas, as the military doesn't want her wound
>to come in contact in any way with her baby. The Mother is going to pump
>while overseas in anticipation of her reunion with her son, who will
>hopefully return to the breast.  Are these immunizations safe?  Does anyone
>have any information regarding transfer into breastmilk?
>Denice Berg R.N. IBCLC  Brandon Regional Hospital  Brandon, Florida



The CDC Factsheets on these vaccines are at:

<http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/preg-factsheet.asp>

and

<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4915a1.htm>

A quick read of these seems to say Anthrax is OK, Smallpox in not. But don't take my word for it, read the recommendations yourself.

Dave Vaklyes

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