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>"Baby's saliva triggers mom's immune system? Sorry, that's a legend, although
>it would be "nice" if the system worked that way. It doesn't, however."
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>Hi, Linda.
> Are you sure about this being a legend?
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Yes, I would like to know this as well. I thought that it made sense
when I heard it. We accept the idea that we can get germs from someone
sneezing, or from using a sick child's spoon: my ped. recommended
different spoons for my twins' cough syrup, it didn't happen but I did
accept his reasoning of spreading germs. I just figured that they were
being spread anyway because I didn't wash my breasts between feeds and
slept with both of them. So doesn't it make even more sense that a
mother can get germs from her baby licking her nipple, and that these
help the mother to produce antibodies to the new germs introduced?
Jo-Anne
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