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Recently I saw a mom with Hep B. She was told the
conventional wisdom, breastfed (baby got immunoglobins)
but avoid bleeding nipples. By the time I saw her at 2
weeks she had sore nipples from pumping with a flange
that was too small. She ordered a new flange and then
contacted my colleague when she started to have blood in
her milk a few days later. At that point we called Ruth
Lawrence's center to get recommendations both for going
forward and for using the pumped milk she had stored
previously, before she could see blood in it. Mom was
totally freaked and had no desire to go back to
breastfeeding after all this. My question is in parts of
the world where Hep B is very common, what advice are
mothers given? Avoiding nipple damage is of course
important for every mom but we know that it's something
we see daily, so what do these moms do?
Karen Kurtz, IBCLC
New Jersey, USA
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