The Report of the COmmittee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Redbook) CLEARLY states that Hep B is NOT a contraindication for breastfeeding - any THEORETICAL risk is counted by the use of Hep B vaccine and Hep B. Immunoglobulin. CMS is also not a problem in healthy neonates but I don't have as good a reference at my fingertips. -- **************************************************** * Deena Zimmerman MD MPH * * Department of Pediatrics * * UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School * * 1 RWJ Place * * New Brunswick, NJ 08903 * * * * phone (908) 235-7248 * * fax (908) 235-7345 * * email [log in to unmask] (internet) * ****************************************************