I just spoke with the mother of a 5wk old baby boy. The mother contracted CMV when she was
20wks pregnant and was hospitalized for a week. She was told that she would not be able to
nurse her baby because the virus would always be in her milk. With great regret, she started
to bottlefeed her new baby, but has now discovered that he has tested positive to CMV,
although it is inactive. She would very much like to relactate.
I do not know a great deal about CMV and am seeking some guidance. Would you compare this to
a mother and baby who are both HIV positive? Riordan and Auerbach say that *all infected
infants shed cytmegalovirus: however no infant had any sequelae.* Any further thoughts on
this?
Please reply to me personally as well as to the list as I am waaaaaay behind on reading
digests right now.
TIA

Norma

Norma Ritter IBCLC
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