Remember that the virus that causes shingles, which is a painful,scary 
problem, is also the one that causes chicken pox.  You can't transmit 
shingles itself.  If baby does not get enough immunity from mom, what 
she will get is chicken pox.

My 4yo had shingles when I had a tiny baby, and there was no concern at 
all, because when a mom has natural immunity, and can pass it through 
bf, it is really *hard* to get the kiddo to catch chicken pox.  Said 
kiddo is now almost two and I thoroughly exposed her to no avail about 
a month ago.  I wish it were so easy to catch!

If the baby in question has some kind of immune deficiency, that might 
be different, but then that would be a child who needs breastmilk more 
than ever.

Lynn in MO USA

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