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Kathleen Bruce <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 17 Jun 1995 14:51:04 -0400
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 She wanted to know how she could tell so I told
>her to taste it.  Both parents looked at me very uncertainly, as if they
>thought I was kidding and they really weren't about to do it.  So I tasted
>the milk, and offered it to them to try which they both did.  I was quite
>sure the Mom was healthy and so was her baby so I really wasn't concerned.
>
>Sometimes I think we're all getting a little too paranoid about HIV.  If
>Iwas working with drug- users it would be a different story but my
>clientele tends to be well-educated, upper socio-economic, well-motivated
>and healthy.

Joan, although I can understand your reasoning, I think that you are taking
a risk, ...breastmilk is a body fluid, and by assuming that your clients are
all healthy (and this is an assumption on your part..unless they are tested
for certain diseases...)...you are assuming that anyone they have ever had
close contact with was also "clean". This, unfortunately, is not an
assumption that will always hold water, and I would not recommend this
practice.

I would rather be safe and live to see my kids grow up.... Just my humble
opinion..

Kathleen, who loves to help breastfeeding mothers, but who doesn't assume
anything about social behaviors....

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Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask])
"Personally I am always ready to learn, although I do not always
like being taught."    Winston Churchill
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