I am posting this question for a friend. The mom's blood is negative and the
father's is positive. They gave the mother the shot during pregnancy to help
with this incompatibility. The shot did not work. This mom has been getting
amnios. every 2 weeks for the last month or so. She is 27 weeks pregnant now.
They want to deliver (at the latest) at 34 weeks. The baby's blood is
positive. They think the baby will have jaundice and will need a blood
transfusion right away.

The doctors and nurses are telling her she cannot breastfeed because the milk
will carry the negative blood antibodies.

Does this make sense to anyone? Or can there be a possibility that she can
still breastfeed?

Thanks,
Annette Leibovitz, IBCLC
Buffalo Grove, IL

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