>Mom was bit by a Copperhead
>snake this afternoon.  She was told she has to stop bfing for 24hrs.

Common sense would say there's no problem.  Venom isn't poison; venom is
injected, poison is ingested.  If the venom is undetectable in her blood,
what's the level in her milk, then in the baby's blood following exposure to
digestive fluids, going to be???

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY

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