Let's not forget the antibacterial properties in breastmilk.

Any bacteria or other "creeping crud" in mother's saliva would be sumarily
killed by the breastmilk. Just as when a baby drinks from a bottle of milk,
the milk is put back into the refrigerator and an hour later baby's oral
bacteria are gone.

Of course, I wouldn't expect the mother in question to know that but I am
surprised that she was so afraid that of the tiny bit of her own saliva's
contaminating her breastmilk.

It is my opinion that we sometimes take the germ theory to the absurd. I am
not talking about the hospital setting, of course.

Pat Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin


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