How does breast milk change when a baby is sick?
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When a baby is sick their immune system will signal to the mother’s body to produce more antibodies and immune-promoting proteins in her breast milk. These antibodies are secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) and they increase in the breast milk to protect the baby from infection. The same antibodies increase in the baby’s saliva, so that’s the supposed cue.
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