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I have active chicken pox and it started 9 days before. My baby is 23 days old and he is vaccinated with immune globulin 8 days ago. I have stopped breast feeding him from that. Can I give breast milk to him using pump and avoiding any direct physical contact?
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Yes yes dear, please give breast feed in that manner.
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If you have chickenpox when you are breastfeeding, your baby can?t be infected with the chickenpox virus through your breast milk. However, if you still have blisters on your skin, it is possible your baby could develop chickenpox if they come into direct contact with your chickenpox blisters.
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Chicken pox highly contagious disease and affected by any contact or cogh sneezingvetc and particularly to a infant baby you have to weight till the infections bstagebiscover you may consult a child specialist to this effect.
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