Hi Pat,
I must admit that this is not the first thing I thought of simply because I
think that it's reasonably unlikely that these babies will take to
breastfeeding straight off. However, the issue of babies transmitting
disease to their mothers is something that I have often wondered about. Does
anyone have any knowledge of what the risk might be?? The likelihood of
children having HIV and this being unknown is small I would think (as far as
adoption from China goes- it is not a real risk- this was where these
mothers were going) but Hep B would definitely be a possibility. One would
hope that families had been immunised against Hep B. Anyway,
what are the possible mechanisms of infection mother to baby and how likely
would it be that baby-mother infection would occur, what might increase or
decrease risk of transmission?
Karleen Gribble
Australia


> First off I would question the adopted baby's Hep/HIV status :-(  There
> isn't really any way to tell until back home and get blood tests. Sounds
> majorly risky for all concerned, mom, baby and adopted baby.  I understand
> where the moms' hearts are, but that doesn't mean you have to keep the
brain
> tucked away.  Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

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