passing on bugs to newborn?
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Topic: passing on bugs to newborn?
Posted By: tropics
Subject: passing on bugs to newborn?
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 8:25pm
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HI ladies
Jayden is a week old today and I came down with a throat infection / cold thing yesterday. I am so paranoid about passing it onto him ive turned into miss hand sanitiser and wont kiss him etc..... is it true that through the breast milk that babies wont catch what you have because of the antibodies? or can you pass colds etc onto bubs even though they are getting your milk? thanks ladies  ------------- http://lilypie.com">    [/url]
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 8:33pm
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He should be fine, breastmilk is a marvellous thing in terms of passing on immunity. I've had a nasty bug this week, as have the rest of our household but touch wood Chiara has been fine. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
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Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 9:18pm
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I agree with Maya. I got a 24 hour vomiting and daiorhea (sp?) bug when Lauren was just 6 weeks old. I continued b/f right through it with reassurance from my m/w that Lauren would not get it. I was petrified as I was so ill how could she not catch it!!
M/w was right, Lauren was perfectly fine, it never affected her at all!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 7:23am
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We've had all sorts of bugs in the house since Emma was born - both me & DH have had at least 2 colds; Gina had the flu and also a tummy bug. Emma has been only healthy one the whole time - never cought a thing. I too have heard b'milk helps and we have also practiced strict hand hygiene - seems to work here ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 9:35am
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In addition to the breastmilk, your baby also got lots of antibodies from you accross the placenta. These last for 6 months. A Dr told me this a week ago, after I was complaining about A being sick despite still breastfeeding - he said she was only getting limited antibodies from the bm now - the main protection when she was little was the placental antibody (which has now run out). ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 10:37am
i guess i was an unlucky one  toby was sick with a cough and cold when he was really young less than a month old... he still gets snuffly and gunky eye's even though im breastfeeding too.
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 10:41am
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Yeah I managed to give Ella the cold I got when she was only a few weeks old.
She only got a very small dose of it though whereas DH and I had it for ages. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 12:11pm
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What she said. When I was up in AKld for Chaira's birth I had a nasty flu and cold infection and wasnt going to attend the birth but Emma reminded about the BM and mums passed on immunity and so attended and Chiara was fine. Didnt catch a thing considering I was with her from birth and even had her in the car where with me just hours after birth going to birthcare. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Maya wrote:Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 July 2008 at 3:45pm
Not to mention her being dragged out of her nice warm cocoon into the big wide world then out of the nice warm hospital into the freezing night air then into nice warm Birthcare  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lucky3rdtime
Date Posted: 28 July 2008 at 11:33am
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DJ that's interesting to hear that it also passes from the placenta, cos Gabs is bottlefed from birth and although I had two colds in her first month of life, she never got them. I was worried particularly cos i wasn't bfing that she would come down with a cold, so I was really fussy about washing my hands all the time and she hasn't been sick (touchwood) for one single day of her life yet. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 29 July 2008 at 4:32pm
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Oh god..My household inhabitants are dropping like flies at the minute...Brennan and I are the only ones with nothing...YET! Knowing my luck I will come down with it soon!!
ROLL ON SUMMER! -------------  
 
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