*Dear Anne I tried to email you direct but my system wouldn't follow thru.*

Here is a listing from an outline that I use frequently in giving my
*advantages* talk.

        Enhances vaccine response.

The antibody levels of immunized infants were significantly higher in the
breast fed than the formula fed group.  These findings are strong evidence
that breast feeding enhances the active humoral immune response in the first
year of life.
 Papst, H.F. , Spady, D.W.  "Effect of Breast Feeding on Antibody Response to
Conjugate Vaccine".
Lancet, 1990

The breast fed group had significantly higher antibody levels than two
formula fed groups together.  Breast fed infants thus showed better serum and
secretory responses to perioral and parenteral vaccines than the formula fed,
whether with a conventional or low-protein content.  Van-Coric, M.  "Antibody
Responses to Parental & Oral
Vaccines Where Impaired by Conventional and Low-Protein Formulas as Compared
to Breast Feeding".   Acta Paediatr Scand 1990;  79: 1137-42

Human milk can transfer specific or nonspecific immunities to the external
mucosal surface of the intestine and possibly to the respiratory tract of the
newborn.  The acquisition of such passive immunity is particularly important
in the early neonatal period when the immune system is immature.
 Chang,  S.J.  "Antimicrobial Proteins of Maternal and Cord Sera and Human
Milk in Relation to Maternal Nutritional Status".
 A.M. J. CLIN NUTR, 1990.

I hope this helps.

I am still working on setting up an informal meeting of FP's at the Anaheim
meeting.  Nothing is set yet at all but I looks like the AM of Friday would
work the best.  It looks favorible to get some notive in the newsletter
published at the site and I hope to print some flyiers to had out at the OB
meetings there.  I will try to get one of the hotels at the convention
complex to *give* us an area of a restaurant where we could meet for
breakfast.  I don't want to have to pay for anything but a meal to use a
room.  I will let you and LACTNET know by the end of this week.

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Jon Ahrendsen, MD, FAAFP, LLLI Medical Associate
Phone 515-532-2836, FAX     515-532-2523
215 13th Ave. SW
Clarion, IA 50525

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