Say I had a stomach virus or a bacterial infection of some sort, could I pass it on?
Can bacteria or a virus pass through breastmilk?
Depends on the type of virus. HIV can be spread through breastmilk, so can hepatitis. The common cold is NOT spread that way, and stomach viruses are generally spread through fecal contact or contact with the vomit (gross, huh?), so no problem there either!
Breastfed babies RARELY get sick because mom is sick... because even if you pass the virus to the baby you are also passing antibodies through nursing, so the baby gets better even more quickly than you do (if he or she gets sick at all!)
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