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Does breastfeeding protect babies from swine flu?

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Does breastfeeding protect babies from swine flu?

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There are many ways that breastfeeding and breast milk protect babies’ health. Flu can be very serious in young babies and babies who are not breastfed get sick from infections like the flu more often and more severely than babies who are breastfed. Since this is a new virus, we don’t know yet about specific protection against it, but moms typically pass on protective antibodies to their baby during breastfeeding. Antibodies are a type of protein made by the immune system in the body, and they help fight off infection. If you are sick with flu and are breastfeeding, someone who is not sick can give your baby your expressed milk.

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