Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and Feeding your Baby: What Parents Should Know (CDC)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and Feeding your Baby: What Parents Should Know (CDC)

This document updates previously posted information for parents about infant feeding and novel H1N1 flu (swine flu). It now more clearly addresses parents who are formula feeding as well as breastfeeding, suggests that parents sick with novel H1N1 flu (swine flu) find someone who is not sick to feed the baby, and provides more detailed strategies for breastfeeding mothers to maintain breastfeeding throughout the course of infection. This document is based on current knowledge of the novel H1N1 flu outbreak in the United States, and may be revised as more information becomes available.

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