does a vaxed mother pass immunities on to BF baby?

[rainbowmoon]

I am just curious, and can't seem to find any answers about this anywhere.

what kinds of immunties are passed on from a vaxed mother to a BF unvaxed baby? if any? does anyone know if there's any research about this out there? TIA.

[alegna]

Probably not, but I doubt there is much real research.

-Angela

[mamakay]

It depends on the disease. For some diseases where the vax works pretty good and disease circulation was actually reduced significantly by mass immunization, then passive immunity from both breastmilk and the immunity babies are born with is "weak". It's not so much a matter of mom being vaxed as much as it is how often she ran into the natural pathogen in the past. (Probably..it's hard tyo say for 100% certain.)
For some diseases, immunity starts off pretty weak and fades quickly no matter what.

[Plummeting]

It depends on whether or not the mother is still immune herself. If she is, then she will pass on some antibodies to the baby. If not, then she won't. Studies have shown that babies born to and breastfed by mothers who had wild measles are more likely to be protected from measles infection for the first year than babies whose mothers were vaccinated and never had the disease. That's really a generality, though. We're all individuals. Some vaccinated mothers will have better immunity than some mothers who had wild disease, but in the (probably overwhelming) majority, this will not be the case.

[taranbabyjayden]

I've wondered this myself, cause I am military, and DH is also.. We have been pumped with every vaccination in the world out there!!!!