Just received a call from a LLL Leader re: a mother who is in Texas ( A friend.) Delivered yesterday by C section a baby. Father of baby is out of the picture, has been for a long while, since conception. Father was a potential IV drug user. HIV status unknown. Mother's regular pediatrician knew that the mother wanted to breastfeed, and did not recommend against this. Mother tests HIV NEG. now. Tested NEG also at conception. Pediatrician that is standing in for the mother's own pediatrician ( on vacation) is now recommending that the mother NOT nurse due to possible HIV exposure. Help please. Kathleen ********************************************************************* Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask]) "All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schoepenhouer **********************************************************************