Patient's question:
My wife is a carrier of the hepatitis B virus, and our child is about to be born. Can she breastfeed our child?Doctor's answer:
Generally speaking, a pregnant woman with hepatitis B carrier status will not transmit the virus to her baby when changing diapers. Because, for most women of childbearing age who are hepatitis B carriers, the newborn should receive the hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin as soon as possible after birth. After vaccination, these vaccines and immune drugs will quickly provide protection for the child. Additionally, their studies have found that even for hepatitis B carriers, experts say, as long as their hepatitis B DNA test is negative and liver function is normal, it proves that the virus is not very active in their bodies.