Can breastfeeding mothers get the influenza vaccine?
Yes. Inactivated influenza vaccine is safe for mothers who are breastfeeding and their infants. However, because excretion of LAIV in human milk is unknown and because of the possibility of shedding vaccine virus given the close proximity of a nursing mother and her infant, caution should be exercised if LAIV is administered to nursing mothers. Breastfeeding does not adversely affect the immune response and is not a contraindication for vaccination.
