Go to the following page and look at Dr. Ruth Lawrence's pages on reasons
not to breastfeed. Hepatitic C is discussed fully in these pages.

http://www.nmchc.org/html/FullText.htm

In her text, Breastfeeding: A guide for the medical profession, 1999, p.
225,  Hepatitis C is not listed as a contraindication to breastfeeding as
long as there is no co infection such as HIV.

I  would strongly take issue with anyone forbidding a mother to feed her
baby. It is the mother's right to have information and to make informed
decision.  It is no one's right to forbid her to do anything. Just because
she is poor does not mean she has no rights.  Someone should bring this up
to the professionals who mistakenly take this attitude.

Kathleen

At 08:16 AM 9/22/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I've just met a very poor migrant woman who had her baby in my Hospital.She
>wants badly to breastfeeding but pediatricians are forbidding her to do it
>because, according to her blood tests results, she is borderline positive
>for hepatitis c. They say that she must be tested again to see either her
>hepatitis is active or not.Her liver function is normal. It might take
>several days to get the results and meanwhile the baby is receiving
>artificial milk. The mother is pumping. Do you think their conduct is
>correct and,if not have you got any information to show them?
>Marina Baldocci-Obong IBCLC from Rome
>
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