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On 23/07/2004, at 4:38, Pat Young wrote:

> Doesn't matter!  "Breastfeeding is NOT a contraindication to postpartum
> immunization." 1997 Red Book.

Breastfeeding is no contraindication to any immunisation (except,
debatably, smallpox); however, close contacts of severely
immunocompromised people do have some contraindications - eg live oral
polio vaccine. Perhaps the NICU staff are worried that the live virus
vaccine may spread to affect very ill neonates? However, rubella
vaccine is not in this category:

"Breast feeding is not a contraindication to vaccination. Although a
woman can excrete rubella vaccine virus in breast milk and transmit the
virus to her infant, the infection remains asymptomatic. " [snip]
Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is not contraindicated for the close
contacts of immunocompromised persons."

http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=2378

Lara Hopkins

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