Dear wise ones, I would like to know if there is sound research wether immunisations for the mother benefit her breastfed child. What I mean is, if the mother was at any time previous to lactation immunised for any illness, will her breastmilk contain the specific antibodies? If so, does it depend on the type of disease? On the time between immunisation and lactation?It has always been my understanding that only antibodies the mother created by being ill herself will be in her milk, but not the antibodies she developes after immunisation. And a second question is: what are children in your region immunised for? In The Netherlands they start with 'DKTP', (D for diphteria , K for the bad coughing, don't know the English name, T for tetanus, and P for Polio) 3 times in the infant-toddler time and repeated at age 4 and 9. And a Mumps, Measles, Rubella cocktail at 14 months, repeated twice as above. Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html