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>I have never read or heard of the statement that "all a mother needs to
>provide is 15 ml of breastmilk per feed in order to be giving her child all
>the immunolgical benefits of breastfeeding,"  It sounds like something a
>formula company would say,


I agree.

It doesn't make *sense* anyway....immunological protection is
dynamic, there as a result of  the antibodies made by the mother
which increase and change in character according to the pathogens she
meets. Sometimes there will be more, sometimes less, one assumes, in
that case.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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