Marsha: my recollection is that the only instances of transmission through bm are with either a newly infected mother ( ie: transfussion at birth with tainted blood) of in a mother who is extremely ill. someone wrote recently re: virus transmisson .. she explaine it quite well and though she was not addressing hiv it could be used as an excellent explanation to understand transmission... i think that in all fairness to the family, htey should have access to all the information we have and be allowed to make the decision that works for them.... .... i think that it is important to remember that in many parts of the u.s. adequate alterrnatives do not exist...... Patricia