Since I am on a roll today, I will take the opportunity to respond to the
question about immunities and breastfeeding for the mother who is employed
full time and getting frequent illnesses.

The mother needs to understand that she is probably tired from working..and
that the best thing for her to do is to be evaluated by her physician. As a
new mom, I had a period where I was frequently ill.  I was finally
evaluated, and had low thyroid levels...all was well once I started taking
appropriate thyroid replacement.  This is only one cause of possible fatigue
and/or illness in a new mother.

Blaming breastfeeding for this is placing it, again, on the altar of
ignorance. What she goes through now is nothing to what she might have to
endure staying out of work to take care of her child, who becomes ill more
frequently due to lack of breastfeeding.  Think of the germs she'd catch then.

Kathleen

Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet,TLC, Indep. Consultant
Williston, Vermont
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