I know, I know...we all get sick of them, but

[DaisyAg2003]

Yes, it is about vaccinating, but not your normal question.

Do you think a bf baby, who is not vaccinated, will get the antibodies/benfits from a mother that was vaccinated?  Meaning, do the mother's antibodies that she made after getting vaccinated will be passed to her baby?

Does that make sense to anybody else?  It does in my mind, but I had a really long night last night so it might not be coherent to anyone else! 

Again, please no fighting!

[anetrnlov]

There are too many variables to give an overall response....

[DaisyAg2003]

But is it possible that they get the same benefits from the mother? 

Quoting anetrnlov:

There are too many variables to give an overall response....

[awooding]

I was about 8 mos pregnant when flu season hit. Of course my newborn could not get the vax so my doctor encouraged me to get it before my due date so the antibodies would pass on through the placenta. She was born a few days short of the 14 day timeline necessary for the vax to "kick in" but I was told that it was ok because the antibodies would pass on in my milk.

This is true for just about anything. You pass on what's in your body through your breast milk. That's why it's advisable not to drink, take certain meds or eat certain foods while nursing. It will all pass on. It's also why breastfeeding is the preferable nutrition for babies. The mother's antibodies are passed on and help to protect the child during that fragile stage when they  have immature immune systems and cannot get certain vaccines.

[DaisyAg2003]

Thanks!

Now what about if the mother had her vaccines as a child?

Quoting awooding:

I was about 8 mos pregnant when flu season hit. Of course my newborn could not get the vax so my doctor encouraged me to get it before my due date so the antibodies would pass on through the placenta. She was born a few days short of the 14 day timeline necessary for the vax to "kick in" but I was told that it was ok because the antibodies would pass on in my milk.

This is true for just about anything. You pass on what's in your body through your breast milk. That's why it's advisable not to drink, take certain meds or eat certain foods while nursing. It will all pass on. It's also why breastfeeding is the preferable nutrition for babies. The mother's antibodies are passed on and help to protect the child during that fragile stage when they  have immature immune systems and cannot get certain vaccines.

[awooding]

Now that is something I'm not sure about because it is recently coming to light that some vaccines do not have the staying power we originally thought. Elderly people are now having to get vaccines again because it's been found out some have worn off.

I would think that some antibodies are passed on in the form of an overall strength in the immune system. Not specifically an immunity to any one disease. Kind of like how I have a generally strong immune system (for example, I never had the chicken pox or the vaccine as a child) and I nursed so now my daughter has a failry strong immune system as well (of course some of that is probably genetics too).

Quoting DaisyAg2003:

Thanks!

Now what about if the mother had her vaccines as a child?

Quoting awooding:

I was about 8 mos pregnant when flu season hit. Of course my newborn could not get the vax so my doctor encouraged me to get it before my due date so the antibodies would pass on through the placenta. She was born a few days short of the 14 day timeline necessary for the vax to "kick in" but I was told that it was ok because the antibodies would pass on in my milk.

This is true for just about anything. You pass on what's in your body through your breast milk. That's why it's advisable not to drink, take certain meds or eat certain foods while nursing. It will all pass on. It's also why breastfeeding is the preferable nutrition for babies. The mother's antibodies are passed on and help to protect the child during that fragile stage when they  have immature immune systems and cannot get certain vaccines.

[DaisyAg2003]

Thank you for your responses!

It is just a question that runs through my mind while reading things about vaccines and such.