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Babies get their immunity (or boost it) from mothers milk, yeah?
So if I get sick, I think I'm coming down with the flu (and DS already has), how likely is it that she has some resistance to whatever I have, considering my immune couldn't fight this off...
Sorry if it doesn't quite make sense, my head is stuffed.
You will be making antibodies to it though while you are sick. We have a bad cough going through the house at the moment and the only person not to get it is DD2, who is still breastfed, and I got it bad.
i always follow the idea that if i get it i help baby fight it off with my antibodies in my milk....so i always let her breath and slobber all over me so i get it!! dont tell me im wrong and have given myself illnesses for no reason!! ;)
THere are 2 mechanisms in place. If Mum gets sick first, she will be making antibodies and giving them to bub through her milk. If bub gets sick first, some of the bug gets transferred from baby's mouth to the breast and Mum makes antibodies to the bug and passes them back to baby through her milk. Pretty cool, eh?
I've had two colds and horrible night time cough since DS was born, as has everyone else in the household, he's not even got a sniffle. Having a probiotics will help boost your protection.
I had bad gastro and asked about this OP and I was instructed not to stop BFing if your sick, UNLESS its a blood disease or HIV/AIDs.
I was told my bubs would get the antibodies my body was making through the milk to protect him.
:rofl: beckoes I do that too. But did you know even if you don't get it her BF will cause you to make antibodies to it anyway? Clever huh?
ETA: Oh snap HotI, took too long to reply :)