There is so much misinformation out there on Lyme Disease.  I myself have 
Lyme and just had my 5th baby at home last November.  I nursed right from 
the beginning and we are still going strong.

They have in fact detected borrelia burgdorferi a.k.a. the lyme spirochete 
in breastmilk and also in urine, semen, feces, saliva and tears.  Bb is much 
more communicable than previously realized.  It was once thought that you 
had to be bitten by a deer tick to contract Bb but it is now known that 
mosquitos, mites, biting flies and fleas are also carriers.  Kicking the 
Lyme bacteria not only depends on getting rid of the germ but it also relies 
on a STRONG natural immune system.  Denying the baby colostrum will inhibit 
the baby's body from doing it's job of helping naturally fight the bacteria. 
This only makes for common sense.  As far as this theory about the 
spirochetes being concentrated in the colostrum, what is this ped's 
reference?  Don't tell them it is in mature milk as well, they may tell her 
not to breastfeed at all!

Lyme has a very hard time responding to antibiotics because Bb is a stealth 
bacteria that morphs itself in order to evade attack.  It has the capability 
to lose it's cell wall and hide in all bodily tissues.  It is often found 
hiding out in a cyst form in blood cells.  It is in the brain, muscles, 
organs, etc.  The antibiotics may catch what is in the blood and knock the 
spirochetal count down but it doesn't recognize (and neither does your own 
immune system recognize) the cyst forms nor as I understand it, will the 
antibiotic cross the blood brain barrier. What about the critters still 
hanging out in there?  As soon as the antibiotics are stopped, a person may 
not appear symptomatic and may be considered "cured" but as soon as Bb 
senses that the coast is clear, it releases itself back into the blood 
stream to wreck havoc again.  It may lay dormant for years or it may 
resurface right away.

There are alternative herbal treatments that have had great success in 
ridding the body of Lyme and that do cross the BBB.  The people using the 
herbal treatments are the people getting well.  I have many resources to 
pass along if anyone is interested.  Herbals work wonderfully for babies as 
well.

As far as testing the colostrum I do know who tests and actually looks for 
the microbe and other co-infections as well.  Lyme is usually not alone. 
There can also be babesia, bartonella, Ehrlichia, and others.  Conventional 
testing isn't very accurate at all.  According to the CDC guidelines, the 
ELISA and Western Blot have up to an 80% false-negative rating!

The *BEST * Lyme literate pediatrician if you prefer the conventional route 
is in New Haven, Connecticut.  His name is Dr. Charles Ray Jones and he is 
in association with Yale.  He does treat Lyme with conventional antibiotics 
but he will treat until Bb is gone.  This can take years.  There is another 
superb doctor in Arizona that is having GREAT success going the herbal route 
with his patients both young and old.

Please feel free to contact me off list by e-mail or phone.

Corrine Haselden, LLLL
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301-752-9448


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> Date:    Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:54:48 EDT
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Lyme disease
>
>
> Has anyone got any infomation about Lyme disease in colostrum in a 
> pregnant
> mom? A friend of mine is having a home birth with her 5th child. She
> contracted  Lyme disease while pregnant. She has been on amoxicillin 
> therapy for the
> last 5  weeks, on the recommended doses listed in Hale. She is due next 
> week.
> The baby  will have amox therapy after birth also as directed in Hale.
> She has been told by the Pedi specialist that she should not give the baby
> any colostrum in the first 24 hrs, then can start breastfeeding after the
> 24hrs,  on the theory that any spirochete will be concentrated in the 
> first
> colostrum.  She supposes she should pump and dump the first expressions in 
> that 24hr
> period.
> I asked her if she could start expressing now, and have her colostrum 
> tested
> for presence of the spirochete. (This is most likely a very specialized
> testing process and not available) I am concerned that the advice she has 
> been
> given is not backed up by any research, but is just a supposition by the
> physician. Also what is the rationale that she would not have enough 
> damaging
> spirochete in her colostrum at the 25hr postpartum mark, if indeed her 
> colostrum
> is not safe for the first 24hrs? Meanwhile, she has contacted a friend who 
> is
> scheduled for a c/s next week, and is asking her if she will express
> colostrum for donation which she will give via eyedropper the first 24hrs. 
> If that is
> not possible, this mom plans on  getting banked milk.
>
> Lucia  Jenkins RN,IBCLC
> 16 Hawthorne St
> Wakefield, Ma  01880
> 781-246-2059
> cell781-507-1980
> "A breast a day keeps the doctor  away."
>
>
>
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