Got a message from a hospital RN/IBCLC that the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/disease/influenza.htm)  was forbidding mothers from breastfeeding if they have the flu...  

From what I can tell, this is the same information we have had from the CDC website for the H1N1 Virus a few years ago:
	No direct breastfeeding upon birth by a mom who has symptoms (fever, cough) and positive tests of Influenza
	Mom is encouraged/allowed to pump and provide her breast milk so that someone else can feed it to her baby
	Mom is not allowed to be with her baby (room sharing) until no fever and no coughing.

The references in the link above were not from this season, but from 2016.  Is there any change? 

In my experience, the complicated issue is the mom who has been home for days, weeks, months and has symptoms or positive diagnosis.  Assessment of the family situation, who cares for the baby and where, etc. can be very challenging for many mothers I see....

Thoughts?

Jeanette Panchula, BA-SW, RN, PHN, IBCLC
Vacaville, CA


 

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