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natalie08
Jul 24, 2008, 02:23 PM
Can your partner catch anything from breast whilst there lacating if you were Hiv? It's a bodily fluid so maybe it could carry HIV? :confused:

N0help4u
Jul 24, 2008, 02:26 PM
You mean can the baby catch anything?
A woman infected with HIV can pass HIV on to her child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding. Transmission through breastfeeding is estimated to account for one-fourth to one-half of all mother-to-infant HIV infections, depending on the duration of breastfeeding. Yet among babies born uninfected and who are breastfed by untreated mothers with HIV, on average more than 80% remain uninfected when breastfeeding continues for two years.
Helping Women with HIV Decide About Breastfeeding (http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb32breastfeeding.shtml)

natalie08
Jul 24, 2008, 02:39 PM
Re Edited My Question! X

N0help4u
Jul 24, 2008, 02:47 PM
I noticed you asked previous ?'s about having your baby so I guessed you meant baby by can 'you'