Hi Jay, I was very interested in your post about the mom who is immunocompromised offering milk to her 2.5 year old and drinking her milk herself. I just re-read an article by Coulam, Moyer, Jiang and Zincke (1982) Breast-feeding After Renal Transplantation, Transplantation Proceedings Vol 14, pp605-609. The authors' first concern was the effect of the immunosuppresant drugs on the infant (negligible amounts passed into milk), and the immunocompetence of the mothers' milk. They tested IgA levels in the milk and found levels to be similar to mothers in the control group. The last paragraph reads, "The concept of an immunosuppressed woman producing potentially immunocompetent breast secretions is intriguing and requires further study." Wonder why they couldn't say "Human Milk". Fascinating stuff, Jeanne Fisher Austin, TX