MIAMI VALLEY — Researchers are finding that mothers who get the COVID-19 vaccine can pass along antibodies to their babies through breast milk.
Several months ago, Dr. Tom Huth at Reid Health spoke with News Center 7 about mothers who have recovered from COVID-19 virus, passing antibodies onto their babies through breast feeding.
“The evidence is becoming very clear, getting vaccinated is very good for mothers with nursing babies,” Huth said.
From early on in the pandemic, doctors at Reid Health and other hospitals placed babies in rooms with their COVID-19 positive mothers because there appears to be very little transmission and the babies seem to be protected, he said.
“Even in women who don’t breastfeed their newborn babies have antibodies that are most likely passed through the placenta during pregnancy and they’re at least to some degree protected from COVID-19.”
“We have a strong suspicion the memory system in the immune system will come into play, that even after antibody levels decline, the immune system retains a memory that can respond quickly to new challenges with the same pathogen to produce antibodies again.”
Huth added that although there are some young women who are hesitant to get the vaccine due to fertility myths, there has been no scientific evidence that the vaccines cause infertility issues.
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