Kathleen,
Thanks for your helpful response.  I will pass on your thoughts to this
mother.  FYI, she has already cut back on her full time employment, so I
think she realized that it was hard on her.
Lori Salisbury, RN, IBCLC


-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Bruce <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 3:06 PM
Subject: Immunity


>Since I am on a roll today, I will take the opportunity to respond to the
>question about immunities and breastfeeding for the mother who is employed
>full time and getting frequent illnesses.
>
>The mother needs to understand that she is probably tired from working..and
>that the best thing for her to do is to be evaluated by her physician. As a
>new mom, I had a period where I was frequently ill.  I was finally
>evaluated, and had low thyroid levels...all was well once I started taking
>appropriate thyroid replacement.  This is only one cause of possible
fatigue
>and/or illness in a new mother.
>
>Blaming breastfeeding for this is placing it, again, on the altar of
>ignorance. What she goes through now is nothing to what she might have to
>endure staying out of work to take care of her child, who becomes ill more
>frequently due to lack of breastfeeding.  Think of the germs she'd catch
then.
>
>Kathleen
>
>Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet,TLC, Indep. Consultant
>Williston, Vermont
>mailto:[log in to unmask]
>LACTNET Archives http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html
>

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