I have to say, the CDC's presentation on the H1N1 flu could easily have been
an advertisement for breastfeeding - thanks to Kat Shealy's great
presentation!  You can read some of it in the CDC Website, but you can't
HEAR the words - Thanks for being there, Kat!

 

Go to: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/clinician_pregnant.htm and scroll down to
"Breastfeeding Considerations"

 

Other reports:

http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Family_Health_210/Breastfeeding_Recomme
nded_to_Protect_Infants_During_Swine_Flu_Outbreak.shtml

 

..now one concern I've not heard voiced is that the likelihood a mom has H1N1
virus and is breastfeeding is much smaller than the likelihood that she may
be having flu-like symptoms and have mastitis - I would hate to have a mom
go to the ER and expose herself to all the germs there - to get an antiviral
- when she really needs to see her ob and get an antibacterial!

 

..just as the saying goes - "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not
zebras"

 

 

Jeanette Panchula

California, USA

 

 

 


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