In a message dated 95-10-23 10:21:05 EDT, you write: >Ms. Glaser had acquired the HIV virus from a blood transfusion during the >perinatal period, which would account for this transfer of the virus. At the risk of being overly simplistic, it has always troubled me that there's been no mention of looking at other possibilities of transmission, other than brmilk. What about cracked nipples--esp. if the baby was thrushy or had someother compromise to the skin? New moms have many opportunity for contact with blood; i.e. lochia, or (I think in this case) C-Sec incision. I think the medical community jumped on the assumption that it has to have been the milk, which may not actually be. Ms. Glaser was contacted by some LCs with these questions and she did not respond. Nancy