In a message dated 97-05-28 13:59:28 EDT, you write: << Pearl: I doubt that there is any contraindication re: anemia.... mom was probably told that she should not bf because of the transfusion. this is a very touchy issue... the concern is that if the blood she got is tainted there is a possibility that she might infect her child.... Patricia >> I've hear this argument before. Makes me wonder - if the risk of tainted blood so great, what's it doing going into the mother? Jeanne Fisher Austin, TX