>This women is breastfeeding her seven month old.  On Tuesday she ate some raw
>chicken (at a barbecue).  Wednesday morning she developed cramps and diarrhea.
>Her doctor told her to pump and dump.  His concern was either an e-coli or
>salmonella infection.

While we are waiting for someone to weigh in with potential for salmonella
or coliform to cross through breastmilk, let's look at the situation again.
By the time the mom has symptoms, wouldn't any potential exposure have
occurred already?  How long after mom's initial exposure and how long after
mom's initial experience of symptoms did the physician advise her to stop
breastfeeding, and how was the baby doing at that point?

A thought on coliform in particular and pathogens in general:  in areas
where coliform is ubiquitous in the water supply (thus rendering artificial
feeding highly dangerous), mothers breastfeed safely while consuming the
water themselves.

Arly in Northern Utah's mountains <[log in to unmask]> MS Nutrition, CLE, IBCLC

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