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Can breastfeeding replace vaccines?

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No. Breastmilk can provide antibodies which are actively being produced by the mother, which serve as a passive protection against those pathogens in the areas where (and when) breastmilk is present - in the mouth and intestines. read more

This can be helpful, of course, but it is no guarantee. In the developing world, where gastro-intestinal infections are severe and rampant, for instance, breastfeeding can provide important protection - but not as well as vaccines, which provide *active immunity* for years to come, not just passive protection. read more

According to the US Centers for Disease Control document General Recommendations on Immunization (February 8, 2002) [PDF version for printing]: "Neither inactivated nor live vaccines administered to a lactating woman affect the safety of breast-feeding for mothers or infants. read more

Inactivated, recombinant, subunit, polysaccharide, and conjugate vaccines, as well as toxoids, pose no risk for mothers who are breastfeeding or for their infants. Breastfeeding is a contraindication for smallpox vaccination of the mother because of the theoretical risk for contact transmission from mother to infant. read more

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