Resources/References:
CDC & Breastfeeding when you have the fluhttps://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/disease/influenza.htm **CDC website has changed and thus the original statement no longer exists. They have now changed their stance to state that mother’s with the flu should continue breastfeeding. Thankfully the CDC has started recognizing the science and beneficial effects of breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding is associated with the production of type I interferon in infants infected with influenza virus.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20456265
Maternal and infant infections stimulate a rapid leukocyte response in breastmilk
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4232055/
Immune Cell–Mediated Protection of the Mammary Gland and the Infant during Breastfeeding
http://advances.nutrition.org/content/6/3/267.abstract
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