COVID: breastfeeding and rooming-in seem okay
A prospective multicenter Italian study found that breast-feeding mothers had almost no transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to neonates (see covid breastfeeding okay in italy jamapeds2020 in dropbox or doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5086 ) Details: -- 62 neonates from 61 mothers were analyzed prospectively from March to May 2020 in six Covid-19 maternity centers in Lombardy, northern Italy [in the heart of Covid country at that time] -- mothers: median age of 32, 77% white/11% Hispanic/8% Black, 10% had prior hospitalizations during pregnancy, 75% vaginal birth/25% cesarean section, ruptured membranes >18 hrs 13%, close contact with a person with Covid 20%/ SARS-CoV-2 infection diagnosed before delivery 72%/after delivery 5% -- most frequent maternal Covid symptoms at time of delivery: cough 11%; rhinitis, dyspnea and anosmia/ageusia all 6% -- number of Covid symptoms at diagnosis: 0 in 55%, one in 20...