>Heather - this sounds terrible for the family concerned. Do they know what
>caused the HUS? I can imagine that if it's caused by E Coli 0157, it would
>make sense to keep the mother and baby pair apart. If she's got it because
>she had pre-eclampsia (and as baby is term, maybe this isn't likely)


She had pre-eclampsia.

>, then I
>can't see this as a reason not to let her be with her baby. If they're being
>kept apart because she's so sick and they worried the baby might pass on
>another awful bug, how come they allow her sister in to see her?

No, the sister isn't there, she hasn't seen her.

>  Why would a
>newborn, healthy baby be more likely to pass on an infection to this sick
>mum than her sister?
>There's a website at http://www.ecoli-uk.co.uk/ with an email address of
>[log in to unmask] and a freephone number of 0800 731 4679 . They're based
>in Hayes, just near Heathrow. It seems to be for sufferers whose HUS was
>caused by E Coli - even so, might they be a source of more info?

Thanks Jessica, I'll pass that on.

>Yours
>Jessica
>(and yes, maybe I did paint an over rosy view of b'fing in the UK but I
>didn't want our American colleagues to think it was banned!)

!!

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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