Hi Everyone, This has been bothering me for a week so I thought I'd ask for your thoughts. A mom, who had been sick with what seemed to be a head cold, delivered a 6lb, 36 week baby. There were minor respiratory problems and baby ended up in our Special Care Unit. The neonatologist happened to go in to speak with this mother while she was pumping and saw her touch her face while she was pumping. He says he told her not to do this since she was sick, but she kept doing it. He ended up ordering that the milk not be fed to her baby until mom was no longer ill! What bothered me more was the fact that some of the nurses agreed with him. When I discussed the importance of those specific antibodies for this baby who would be going home to several other family members who were ill too, they agreed, but said they needed to be concerned about "the other babies in the unit." It seemed the more facts I stated, the more adamant they became. This poor baby went without breastmilk for 2-3 days. Now that the baby has gone home (and tempers aren't as heated), I'd like to educate the MD and nurses with some solid information. I don't want this to become common practice in our unit! Any suggestions would be so welcome. Thank you, Billie Frye (Who is using her "Bang Your Head Here" sign.) *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html