61. She pumped breast milk for Matthew at work. 62. She was upset that sharing breast milk could spread contagious diseases, including AIDS. 63. She will avoid breast-feeding because HIV is found in breast milk. 64. She assured me that Jarret had had nothing but breast milk. 65. She longed to nurse her daughter, but she had to give her formula to avoid transmitting the virus through breast milk. 66. Some infants, therefore, had a mix of breast milk and solid food. 67. Studies are showing that mothers infected with the AIDS virus can transmit it through breast milk at significant rates. 68. Such mistakes are worrisome but also potentially dangerous because of the possibility that diseases like HIV and hepatitis could be transferred to babies in breast milk. 69. Swedish researcher Catharina Svanborg set out to determine why breast milk is so effective at warding off bacteria. 70. Thailand is the country in the developing world that reacted earliest to the new worries about breast milk. |